Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The structure of an aircraft, such as an airplane, helicopter, or rocket, exclusive of its engine.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the framework and covering of an airplane or rocket (excluding the engines).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The main
body andstructure of anaircraft (without thepowerplant ).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the framework and covering of an airplane or rocket (excluding the engines)
Etymologies
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Examples
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Boeing says it purchased 65 percent of the 787 airframe, which is comparable to the 777.
SPECIAL REPORT - A wing and a prayer: outsourcing at Boeing - Yahoo! Singapore Finance 2011
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Boeing says it purchased 65 percent of the 787 airframe, which is comparable to the 777.
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Boeing says it purchased 65 percent of the 787 airframe, which is comparable to the 777.
A wing and a prayer: outsourcing at Boeing - Yahoo! India Finance 2011
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The airframe is the first to be built under an agreement between Sikorsky and Changhe Aircraft.
unknown title 2009
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The airframe is the first to be built under an agreement between Sikorsky and Changhe Aircraft.
unknown title 2009
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The airframe is a "flying - wing" blimp, similar to the w w w. d y n a l i f t e r. c o m cargo blimp, only much much smaller.
Make - All Discussions ttgrthomas 2009
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The airframe is the first to be built under an agreement between Sikorsky and Changhe Aircraft.
We Blog A Lot 2009
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The A330 airframe is based on the A300 airframe, which is older than when the B767 airframe was initially designed.
Aerospace News 2009
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It had a different kind of airframe, to absorb energy and make sudden impacts easier to survive — part of a NASA project to see whether the shock of a plane's slamming into a bank of trees or a wall could be directed away from the passengers, as in a modern car.
Freedom of the Skies 2001
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It had a different kind of airframe, to absorb energy and make sudden impacts easier to survive — part of a NASA project to see whether the shock of a plane's slamming into a bank of trees or a wall could be directed away from the passengers, as in a modern car.
Freedom of the Skies 2001
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