"swashplate" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: swashplates [plural]
Etymology: swash + plate Etymology templates: {{compound|en|swash|plate}} swash + plate Head templates: {{en-noun}} swashplate (plural swashplates)
  1. A revolving circular plate, set obliquely on its shaft, and acting as a cam to give a reciprocating motion to a rod in a direction parallel to the shaft.
    Sense id: en-swashplate-en-noun-Q~yKQ7xi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 75 25
  2. A device that translates input from a helicopter's controls into motion of the main rotor blades.
    Sense id: en-swashplate-en-noun-Xc9S3PtJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: swash plate

Inflected forms

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