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- noun Plural form of
longeron .
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Examples
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Did Gadermann shoot her down with his rear M.G. or did she crash because the longerons cracked under the terrific pressure of these high-speed turns?
Stuka Pilot Rudel, Hans-Ulrich 1973
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The car consists of four longerons with struts vertical and cross, and stiffened with vertical and cross bracing wires.
British Airships, Past, Present, and Future George Whale
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= Wire, Top Bracing = -- A bracing wire, approximately horizontal and situated between the top longerons of fuselage, between top tail booms, or at the top of similar construction.
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Strut, Fuselage -- A strut holding the fuselage longerons apart.
The Aeroplane Speaks 1919
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Wire, Top Bracing -- A bracing wire, approximately horizontal and situated between the top longerons of fuselate, between top tail booms, or at the top of similar construction.
The Aeroplane Speaks 1919
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[31] = Strut, Fuselage = -- A strut holding the _fuselage longerons_ apart.
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Strut, Fuselage -- A strut holding the fuselage longerons apart.
The Aeroplane Speaks 1917
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Wire, Top Bracing -- A bracing wire, approximately horizontal and situated between the top longerons of fuselate, between top tail booms, or at the top of similar construction.
The Aeroplane Speaks 1917
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He moved the bolts in line with the longerons-the parts that act as a structural spine, running perpendicular to the ribs-so it would connect properly.
Popular Science - New Technology, Science News, The Future Now Gregory Mone 2010
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Final assembly of both the left and right longerons will be delivered from DAS 'Coxsackie, NY (DAS-NY) facility.
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