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swash plate

swash plate is the alternative form of swashplate.

Meaning of swashplate

Noun

swashplate (plural swashplates)

  1. A revolving circular plate, set obliquely on its shaft, and acting as a cam to give a reciprocating motion to a rod in a direction parallel to the shaft.
  2. A device that translates input from a helicopter's controls into motion of the main rotor blades.

Forms of swash plate

pluralswash plates

Questions about swash plate

What is swash plate the alternative form of?
Swash plate is the alternative form of swashplate.

Words near swash plate in the dictionary

  1. Swasey
  2. Swaseys
  3. swash
  4. swash letter
  5. swash letters
  6. swash plate
  7. swash plates
  8. swash someone's buckle
  9. swash-work
  10. swashbuckle
  11. swashbuckled

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