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Definition of "monoplane" [monoplane]

  • An airplane with only one pair of wings. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "monoplane" in a sentence
  • "Perhaps I should if I were using the biplane, but a monoplane is a one-man show -- if you want to get the last foot of lift out of it."
  • "His monoplane was a fast machine, and the flight across Channel would have taken him less than half an hour."
  • "Originally the monoplane was the type generally employed by experimenters, such as Lilienthal, and others."