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FBW

FBW is the initialism of fly-by-wire.

Meaning of fly-by-wire

Noun

fly-by-wire (uncountable)

  1. A system that replaces the conventional manual flight controls of an aircraft with an electronic interface, especially on airliners.
    Synonyms:
    FBW

Questions about FBW

What is FBW the initialism of?
FBW is the initialism of fly-by-wire.

Words near FBW in the dictionary

  1. FBSM
  2. FBT
  3. FBTA
  4. FBTs
  5. FBU
  6. FBW
  7. FC
  8. Fc receptor
  9. Fc receptors
  10. FC&S
  11. FCA

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Adapted from Wiktionary: FBW (page history and authors); fly-by-wire (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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