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landing gear en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The wheels, tyres, brakes, shock absorbers etc of an aircraft.
    • The comparison between the tricycle and tail-skid type of landing gears is a case in point. 1968, Astronautics & Aeronautics, volume 6, page 4:
    • Modern landing gear usually has a tricycle configuration.
    • Boeing had a problem of too much landing gear 1954, “Where Do All the Wheels Go on a B-52?”, in American Aviation, volume 18, page 42:
  2. (countable) Any of the assemblies which support an aircraft when it is on the ground.
    • Large modern commercial aircraft have a nose landing gear and two main landing gears.
  3. (countable, uncountable) The bipod stand found near the front end underneath a truck trailer, used to keep the trailer level when not attached to a tractor truck.

Forms

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landing gears Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

pontoon

Deriveds

quadricycle landing gear · tricycle landing gear · tandem landing gear · bicycle landing gear

Hypernyms

gear

Synonyms

undercarriage

Translations (19)

pt trem de aterragem (undercarriage) · ru шасси́ лета́тельного аппара́та (undercarriage) · tr iniş takımı (undercarriage) · da landingsstel (undercarriage) · fi laskuteline (undercarriage) · sv landningsställ (undercarriage) · sv landställ (undercarriage) · es tren de aterrizaje (undercarriage) · pt trem de pouso (undercarriage) · ro tren de aterizare (undercarriage) · hu futómű (undercarriage) · it carrello d'atterraggio (undercarriage) · is lendingarbúnaður (undercarriage) · nb understell (undercarriage) · nl landingsgestel (undercarriage) · de Fahrwerk (undercarriage) · fr train d'atterrissage (undercarriage) · nn understell (undercarriage) · pl podwozie (undercarriage)

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