12 TermsHome > Terms > English, UK (UE) > Dihedral angle
Dihedral angle
Angle between an aeroplane's wing and the laternal axis of the plane. This will be the horizontal plane when on level ground. The dihedral angle referrs specifically to when the wings are angled upwards relative to the laternal axis. Dihedral wing angles give stability in flight while reducing efficiency.
0
0
Improve it
- Part of Speech: noun
- Synonym(s):
- Blossary:
- Industry/Domain: Aviation
- Category: Airplanes & equipment
- Company:
- Product:
- Acronym-Abbreviation:
Other Languages:
Member comments
Terms in the News
Featured Terms
Industry/Domain: Medical Category: Medical research
Basic science years
A term that usually refers to the initial two years of a medical school's program. However, in some schools, this may entail more or less than two ...
Contributor
Featured blossaries
Browers Terms By Category
- Marketing communications(549)
- Online advertising(216)
- Billboard advertising(152)
- Television advertising(72)
- Radio advertising(57)
- New media advertising(40)
Advertising(1107) Terms
- Social media(480)
- Internet(195)
- Search engines(29)
- Online games(22)
- Ecommerce(21)
- SEO(8)
Online services(770) Terms
- Conferences(3667)
- Event planning(177)
- Exhibition(1)
Convention(3845) Terms
- Railroad(457)
- Train parts(12)
- Trains(2)
Railways(471) Terms
- Printers(127)
- Fax machines(71)
- Copiers(48)
- Office supplies(22)
- Scanners(9)
- Projectors(3)