control surface

noun

: a movable airfoil designed to change the attitude of an aircraft

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The Praetor 600’s Active Turbulence Reduction System is an industry first, monitoring wind and weather and automatically adjusting control surfaces in real-time. Daniel Cote, Robb Report, 19 May 2025 Verdict: Plenty of Potential With the MX Creative Console, Logitech turns its attention to the creative community with a set of specialized control surfaces that make more sense for photo and video editing than for spreadsheets or gaming. PCMAG, 24 Sep. 2024 Controls and Autofocus: Fast, Quiet, and Accurate The lens has only two control surfaces: its power zoom ring and a configurable control ring. PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2025 On the minus side, the tail control surfaces needed a lot of tweaking to correct a lot of issues caused by the unusual wing and how the air flowed over it. David Szondy, New Atlas, 29 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for control surface

Word History

First Known Use

1910, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of control surface was in 1910

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“Control surface.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/control%20surface. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.

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