"flight control" meaning in All languages combined

See flight control on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: flight controls [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} flight control (countable and uncountable, plural flight controls)
  1. (aviation, countable) A system for controlling an aircraft's rotational or translational motion in one or more axes. Tags: countable Translations (aviation: system): vakausjärjestelmä (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-flight_control-en-noun-LbbwX1Fx Categories (other): Aviation Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'aviation: system': 64 34 2
  2. (aviation, by extension, uncountable) The process of controlling an aircraft's rotational or translational motion in one or more axes. Tags: broadly, uncountable Translations (aviation: process): vakautus (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-flight_control-en-noun-q-e2Hui~ Categories (other): Aviation Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'aviation: process': 32 67 2
  3. (space flight, uncountable) Mission control. Tags: uncountable Hyponyms: control cable Hyponyms (cockpit control): control wheel, yoke Hyponyms (joystick): center stick, sidestick
    Sense id: en-flight_control-en-noun-0C9aT8AE Categories (other): Space, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 27 46 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 23 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 19 62 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 18 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 20 20 61 Disambiguation of 'cockpit control': 20 20 61 Disambiguation of 'joystick': 27 27 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms (control surface): aileron, elevator, elevon, flaperon, rudder, rudderon, ruddervator, spoiler, spoileron, stabilator
Disambiguation of 'control surface': 32 32 36

Inflected forms

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