monoplane

[ mon-uh-pleyn ]

noun

1. an airplane with one main sustaining surface or one set of wings.
2. Nautical. a planing plane craft the bottom of which is in an unbroken fore-and-aft line.

monoplane

/ ˈmɒnəʊˌpleɪn /

noun

1. See biplane
   an aeroplane with only one pair of wings Compare biplane

Other Words From

• mono·planist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of monoplane¹

First recorded in 1905–10; mono- + plane ¹

Example Sentences

We talk familiarly now about aeroplanes and the different kinds of aeroplanes, such as the monoplane, biplane, etc.

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In general it followed the stream lines of the modern French monoplane.

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Then, without a slip, the monoplane was off in the light of the waning moon.

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On and on flew Latham in his larger Antoinette monoplane, and the hope of victory began to loom big.

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He succeeded in building a small monoplane which in some ways resembled the Blriot, except in its habits of flight.

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