airframe

Airframe — means the mechanical structure of an aircraft [cite book | author =Ed Rouen | title=Airplane Names | publisher=San Diego Aerospace Museum | year=2005 | url=http://www.marchfield.org/rouen01.html Names and dates of more than 2,800 aircraft models… …   Wikipedia

Airframe — [ˈɛɹˌfɹeɪm] ist ein Roman von Michael Crichton, der im Jahre 1996 veröffentlicht wurde. Als Airframe (von englisch frame: Rahmen) bezeichnet man in der Flugzeugindustrie den komplett aufgebauten Rumpfteil eines Flugzeuges inklusive aller… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

airframe — n. 1. the framework and covering of an airplane or rocket (excluding the engines). [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

airframe — [er′frām΄] n. the structural framework and covering of an airplane, rocket, etc., not including the engine and its related parts …   English World dictionary

airframe — /air fraym /, n. the framework and external covering of an airplane, rocket, etc. [1930 35; AIR(PLANE) + FRAME] * * *       basic structure of an airplane or spacecraft excluding its power plant and instrumentation; its principal components thus… …   Universalium

airframe — noun /ˈɛɹ.fɹe(ɪ)m/ the main body and structure of an aircraft (without the powerplant). This airframe has 2600 flight hours on it; the powerplant has just over 800 …   Wiktionary

airframe — noun Date: 1931 the structure of an aircraft, rocket vehicle, or missile without the power plant; also aircraft …   New Collegiate Dictionary

airframe — n. framework and external covering of an aircraft …   English contemporary dictionary

airframe — noun the body of an aircraft as distinct from its engine …   English new terms dictionary

airframe — air•frame [[t]ˈɛərˌfreɪm[/t]] n. aer. the framework and external covering of an airplane, rocket, etc • Etymology: 1930–35 …   From formal English to slang

airframe — /ˈɛəfreɪm/ (say airfraym) noun the whole body of an aeroplane without its engines …   Australian English dictionary