"flight control" meaning in English

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Noun

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 Categories (topical): Aviation Translations (aviation: system): vakausjärjestelmä (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-flight_control-en-noun-LbbwX1Fx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 47 6 Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'aviation: system': 60 39 1
  2. (aviation, by extension, uncountable) The process of controlling an aircraft's rotational or translational motion in one or more axes. Tags: broadly, uncountable Categories (topical): Aviation Translations (aviation: process): vakautus (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-flight_control-en-noun-q-e2Hui~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 47 6 Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'aviation: process': 37 62 1
  3. (space flight, uncountable) Mission control. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Space Hyponyms: control cable Hyponyms (cockpit control): control wheel, yoke
    Sense id: en-flight_control-en-noun-0C9aT8AE Disambiguation of 'cockpit control': 20 20 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms (control surface): aileron, elevator, elevon, flaperon, rudder, rudderon, ruddervator, spoiler, spoileron, stabilator Hyponyms (joystick): center stick, sidestick Disambiguation of 'control surface': 43 43 15 Disambiguation of 'joystick': 41 41 19

Inflected forms

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