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landing gear
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noun
  1. the wheels, tyres, brakes, shock absorbers etc of an aircraft; its undercarriage
landing strip
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noun
  1. (aviation) the section of a runway where planes land
  2. a runway
  3. A cultivated pubic hair pattern in which much of the pubic hair is removed, leaving only a central vertical line or rectangle.
letdown
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noun (Plural: letdowns)
  1. disappointment, Disappointment, the sad state of not living up to expectations.
    It's such a , I thought it was going to be better than this.
lift
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noun
  1. Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building; an elevator.
Take the to the fourth floor.
  1. The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.
He gave me a to the bus station.
  1. An upward force, such as the force that keeps aircraft aloft.
verb
  1. to raise
  2. (slang) to steal
loading
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noun
  1. The action of the verb to load.
    The of hazardous cargoes is not permitted.
  2. A load, especially in the engineering and electrical engineering senses of force exerted, or electrical current or power supplied.
    I need to recheck the loadings on the external walls.
    The on the generators peaks during the early evening.
verb
  1. (present participle of, load)
log
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noun
  1. The trunk of a dead tree.
They walked across the stream on a fallen .
  1. A logbook, or journal; a record.
    • 1883: w:Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Louis Stevenson, w:Treasure Island, Treasure Island
    • : The captain sat down to his , and here is the beginning of the entry:...
      1. (surfing slang) longboard.
      I know he hadn"t surfed on a much in his childhood — Neal Miyake 1999 http://www.iav.com/~sponge/sesh/new2/sesh213.htm
      1. A rolled cake with filling. A Swiss roll.
verb (log, g, ing)
  1. To cut down trees.
  2. To make an entry in a log.
longeron
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noun
  1. A thin strip of wood or metal, to which the skin of an aircraft is fastened.
loop
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noun
  1. A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening; the opening so formed
  2. A shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself.
  3. An endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition.
  4. A complete circuit for an electric current.
  5. (computing) A programmed sequence of instructions that is repeated until or while a particular condition is satisfied.
  6. (graph theory) A pair of repeated nodes of an oriented graph represented as an arrow with coinciding endpoints.
  7. A loop-shaped intrauterine device
  8. a maneuver in which an aircraft flies a circular path in a vertical plane
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