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longeron

[ lon-jer-uhn ]

noun

Aeronautics.
  1. a main longitudinal brace or support on an airplane.


longeron

/ ˈ±ôÉ’²Ô»åÏôÉ™°ùÉ™²Ô /

noun

  1. a main longitudinal structural member of an aircraft
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of longeron1

1910–15; < French: side-piece, equivalent to long ( er ) to run alongside, skirt (derivative of long long 1 ) + -eron noun suffix
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of longeron1

C20: from French: side support, ultimately from Latin longus long 1
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The small bench vise provided is a useful auxiliary that can be clamped to any convenient bench or table or even fuselage longeron in an emergency and should have jaws at least three inches wide and capable of opening four or five inches.

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The flames died out under pressure from gloves and hands, just as they had touched the drums of ammunition and all but eaten through a longeron.

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She told her also, now entirely reassured by Aggie's voice, that they had been much longeron the way than they had expected, and were now getting anxious.

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