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puff pipes

puff pipes is the plural of puff pipe.

Meaning of puff pipe

Noun

puff pipe (plural puff pipes)

  1. A pipe on a VTOL aircraft that expels compressed air in order to stabilize the craft.
    • Basically, the Bedstead proved that stabilizing a jet-borne aircraft by means of "puff pipes" was practical and that not only was auto-stabilizing possible but that, with training, manual stabilizing could also be achieved.1966, Sung-ming Wang, VTOL vehicles: practice and potential, page 72

Questions about puff pipes

What is puff pipes the plural of?
Puff pipes is the plural of puff pipe.

Words near puff pipes in the dictionary

  1. puff pastries
  2. puff pastry
  3. puff piece
  4. puff pieces
  5. puff pipe
  6. puff pipes
  7. puff the magic dragon
  8. puff up
  9. puff, puff, pass
  10. puff-box
  11. puff-boxes

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