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Airplane vs Triplane - What's the difference?

airplane | triplane |

As nouns the difference between airplane and triplane

is that airplane is (us) a powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings while triplane is (aviation) an airplane that has three pairs of wings, one above the others.

airplane

English

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Noun

(en noun)
  • (US) A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings.

    • Derived terms

    * paper airplane

    See also

    * aircraft * glider * helicopter

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    triplane

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia triplane) (en noun)
  • (aviation) An airplane that has three pairs of wings, one above the others

    • See also

    * monoplane * biplane

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