Rudder
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
a hinged vertical airfoil mounted at the tail of an aircraft and used to control the aircraft about its yaw axis
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(nautical) steering mechanism consisting of a hinged vertical plate mounted at the stern of a vessel
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- Rudders
- possessive
- Rudder's
- pluralpossessive
- Rudders'