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flap: A hinged portion of a wing or aerofoil which is adjustable in flight and either increases the lift or drag or both.Split,extension,slotted and leading edge flaps mainly increase the lift and thus reduce the stalling speed of aircraft
Category: Transport

flap: Any surface usually forming part of the rear portion of a wing,adjustable in flight,the primary function of which is to increase the lift.
Category: Transport

FLAP: closing member of a fibre box, carton or envelope.
Category: Technical and industry in general

flapper: a piece of netting with a mesh size at least equal to that of the codend,fastened inside a trawl,in such a way that it allows catches to pass from the front to the rear of the trawl but limits their possibility of return
Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

flapping: angular oscillation of rotor blade about flapping hinge; 2)reciprocating or cyclical motion up and down about a chordwise axis
Category: Transport

flapping: Of a rotor blade:to move to and fro in the direction of the wind while rotating.
Category: Electrical engineering and energy

flaps: the highest speed permissible with flaps in a prescribed extended position
Category: Physics

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