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uplock

uplock noun: a mechanism that secures an aircraft's landing gear in the retracted position, helping to prevent an uncommanded gear deployment during flight.

Noun

uplock (plural uplocks)

  1. A mechanism that secures an aircraft's landing gear in the retracted position, helping to prevent an uncommanded gear deployment during flight.

Verb

uplock (third-person singular simple present uplocks, present participle uplocking, simple past and past participle uplocked)

  1. (obsolete) To lock up.

Forms of uplock

Noun
pluraluplocks
Verb
third-person singular presentuplocks
present participleuplocking
past participleuplocked
pastuplocked

Origin of uplock

From up- + lock.

Questions about uplock

What does uplock mean?
Uplock means a mechanism that secures an aircraft's landing gear in the retracted position, helping to prevent an uncommanded gear deployment during flight.
What part of speech is uplock?
Uplock can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of uplock?
The plural of uplock is uplocks.

Words near uplock in the dictionary

  1. uploader
  2. uploaders
  3. uploading
  4. uploadings
  5. uploads
  6. uplock
  7. uplocked
  8. uplocking
  9. uplocks
  10. uplong
  11. uplook

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