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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A single-wing configuration in the shape of an isosceles triangle used on certain aircraft.
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- noun aeronautics An
aircraft wing having aswept -back shape in the form of anisoceles triangle ; used mostly onsupersonic aircraft
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an airplane with wings that give it the appearance of an isosceles triangle
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