"tailsitter" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: tailsitters [plural]
Etymology: From tail + sitter. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|tail|sitter}} tail + sitter Head templates: {{en-noun}} tailsitter (plural tailsitters)
  1. A vertical-takeoff aircraft whose fuselage is perpendicular to the ground at takeoff. Translations (A vertical-takeoff aircraft): Heckstarter [masculine] (German), posacola [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-tailsitter-en-noun-pVtC3STH Disambiguation of 'A vertical-takeoff aircraft': 65 35
  2. A vertical-takeoff spacecraft whose fuselage is perpendicular to the ground at both takeoff and landing; a spacecraft that can land vertically.
    Sense id: en-tailsitter-en-noun-QkLm3wxV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: STOL, VTOL

Inflected forms

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