interplaneadj.
/ˈɪntəpleɪn/ Aeronautics.
Situated between or connecting the upper and lower ‘planes’ or wings of a biplane.
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1916 H. Barber Aeroplane Speaks 96 Interplane struts..have to keep the lifting surfaces or ‘planes’ apart.
1920 Blackwood's Mag. Nov. 565/1 Great lanky beasts with double interplane engines, heavy bombers of freak aspect.
1969 K. Munson Pioneer Aircraft 1903–14 152/2 The rigid construction of the wings needed no tie-wires, the sole bracing consisting of two I-type interplane struts on each side.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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inter-plane adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈpleɪn/
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1928 C. F. S. Gamble Story N. Sea Air Station xii. 195 (note) These rockets..were affixed to the interplane struts of the machine.
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