lifting plane

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• Lifting body — The lifting body is an aircraft configuration where the body itself produces lift. It is related to flying wing which is a wing without a conventional fuselage. A lifting body is a fuselage that generates lift without the shape of a typical thin… …   Wikipedia

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• aerospace plane — aerospace plane, a craft that is part airplane and part spaceship which has no wings and looks like an enormous bathtub; lifting body. It is designed to ride into space on top of a rocket and return to earth after completing its mission …   Useful english dictionary

• mul|ti|plane — «MUHL tih playn», noun. an airplane with several main lifting surfaces …   Useful english dictionary

• impulse face — noun : the lifting plane of one of the club teeth of the escape wheel in a lever escapement watch or the surface of the pallet stone which is engaged thereby …   Useful english dictionary