"flop tube" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: flop tubes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} flop tube (plural flop tubes)
  1. A weighted tube that allows fuel to be drawn from the fuel tank of an aircraft even when it is flying upside down
    Sense id: en-flop_tube-en-noun-n1paDftN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for flop tube meaning in English (0.7kB)

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