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trimtab

trimtab is the alternative form of trim tab.

Meaning of trim tab

Noun

trim tab (plural trim tabs)

  1. A control surface set within or attached to a larger control surface that provides trim to obtain a desired attitude without constant inputs to the primary control surfaces (e.g., ailerons and rudders).

Forms of trimtab

pluraltrimtabs

Questions about trimtab

What is trimtab the alternative form of?
Trimtab is the alternative form of trim tab.

Words near trimtab in the dictionary

  1. trims
  2. trims down to size
  3. trims one's sails
  4. trims up
  5. Trimsaran
  6. trimtab
  7. trimtabs
  8. trimucronate
  9. trimuon
  10. trimuons
  11. Trimurti

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Adapted from Wiktionary: trimtab (page history and authors); trim tab (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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