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alpha hinges

alpha hinges is the plural of alpha hinge.

Meaning of alpha hinge

Noun

alpha hinge (plural alpha hinges)

  1. On rotorcraft, a hinge perpendicular to the plane of rotor rotation about which the blades trail or lag.
    • Similarly, as a blade with an alpha hinge lags through an angle §, ...1953, Daniel Otto Dommasch, Elements of Propeller and Helicopter Aerodynamics, page 129

Questions about alpha hinges

What is alpha hinges the plural of?
Alpha hinges is the plural of alpha hinge.

Words near alpha hinges in the dictionary

  1. alpha helices
  2. alpha helix
  3. alpha helixes
  4. Alpha Herculis
  5. alpha hinge
  6. alpha hinges
  7. Alpha Hydrae
  8. alpha iron
  9. alpha layer
  10. alpha layers
  11. Alpha Leonis

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