longeron

[ lon-jer-uhn ]

noun

, Aeronautics.

1. a main longitudinal brace or support on an airplane.

longeron

/ ˈlɒndʒərən /

noun

1. a main longitudinal structural member of an aircraft

Word History and Origins

Origin of longeron¹

1910–15; < French: side-piece, equivalent to long ( er ) to run alongside, skirt (derivative of long long ¹ ) + -eron noun suffix

Word History and Origins

Origin of longeron¹

C20: from French: side support, ultimately from Latin longus long ¹

Example Sentences

The biggest cause of stress, for us, with the solar arrays, has been a concept called longeron shadowing.

From Forbes

The biggest cause of stress, for us, with the solar arrays, has been a concept called longeron shadowing.

From Forbes

The small bench vise provided is a useful auxiliary that can be clamped to any convenient bench or table or even fuselage longeron in an emergency and should have jaws at least three inches wide and capable of opening four or five inches.

From Project Gutenberg

The flames died out under pressure from gloves and hands, just as they had touched the drums of ammunition and all but eaten through a longeron.

From Project Gutenberg

Longeron—The term usually applied to any long spar running length-ways of a fuselage.

From Project Gutenberg