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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. an aeroplane with only one pair of wings Compare biplane
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • mono·planist noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of monoplane1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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