decalage
noun
dec·a·lage
¦dekə¦läzh,
¦dāk-
plural -s
: the difference between the angles of incidence of the two wings of a biplane that is positive if the incidence of the upper wing is greater than that of the lower
Word History
Etymology
French décalage action of putting out of alignment, displacement, removal of a wedge, from décaler to put out of alignment, shift, remove a wedge from (from dé- de-—from Old French des-—+ caler to wedge, chock, from cale wedge, from German keil, from Old High German kīl) + -age
- FRB
- fre
- freak
- freak (out)
- freak of fate
- cover glass
- cover ground
- cover in
- cover into
- cover letter
- cover memory
- cover note
- cover one's ass
- cover one's tracks
- cover one's/someone's ass
- cover oneself in glory
- cover oneself in/with glory
- cover oneself with glory
- cover paper
- cover plate
- cover point
- cover shot
- cover someone's ass
- cover spray
- cover stone