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tailsitter

tailsitter noun: a vertical-takeoff aircraft whose fuselage is perpendicular to the ground at takeoff.

tailsitter: a vertical-takeoff aircraft whose fuselage is perpendicular to the ground at takeoff
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Noun

tailsitter (plural tailsitters)

  1. A vertical-takeoff aircraft whose fuselage is perpendicular to the ground at takeoff.
  2. A vertical-takeoff spacecraft whose fuselage is perpendicular to the ground at both takeoff and landing; a spacecraft that can land vertically.

Forms of tailsitter

pluraltailsitters

Origin of tailsitter

From tail + sitter.

Questions about tailsitter

What does tailsitter mean?
Tailsitter means a vertical-takeoff aircraft whose fuselage is perpendicular to the ground at takeoff.
What part of speech is tailsitter?
Tailsitter is a noun.
What is the plural of tailsitter?
The plural of tailsitter is tailsitters.

Words near tailsitter in the dictionary

  1. tails off
  2. tailshaft
  3. tailshafts
  4. tailshield
  5. tailshields
  6. tailsitter
  7. tailsitters
  8. tailskid
  9. tailskids
  10. tailslide
  11. tailslides

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