supporting-plane

so’po:z-tin,preen n. a plane or aeroplane designed to support an aerial machine of any kind. supporting-power so’po:z-tin,pau-az m. power to support or uphold in the air; capacity to sustain in the atmosfere; \ability to keep or prevent from falling. supporting-reaction so’po:z-tin-zijekjon n..a reaction which tends toward, or effects, support; sustaining-reaction; supporting-effect. supporting-rope so’po:z-tin,zoop n. one of the ropes which support the basket or car of a balloon, or connect it -with the gasbag above. supporting-surface so’po:z-tin,secirs n. a surface which supports, upholds, or sustains something in the air; a sustaining-surface. surf se:of n. the disturbd portion of the air or atmosfere next the surface of the earth, likend to that of the sea as its waves break upon the shore. surface ‘sezfis n. the bounding or Immztrng parts of a body; the parts of a body which are next to the air; the superficies; the outside. advencing surface, a surface or aeroferl which advances or precedes another, as the front sustaining-surface of a tandem me no plane: the oppos it of following surface. alternating surface, a surface which is alternated or moved back and forth, up and down, or from side to side; a surface or plane having a reciprocating motion. following surface, a surface or aeroferl which fellows or comes after another, as the rear sustaining-surface of a tandem me no plane: the oppos it of advancing surface. land surface, the surface of the land or ground. compare land-surface and water surface. main surface, one of the principal supporting-surfaces, as mn an aeroplane flying-machine; a main-plane. streamline surface, the surface of a streamline body. supplementary surface, a relatrvly small surface or aeroferl which zis supplementary to the main surfaces of a flying-machine, as an aileren or rudder; an auxiliary plane. surface in presentation, the surface which ‘an aeroferl presents to an opposing or sustaining fluid, as the atmosfere. water surface, the surface of the water, as of a lake,. river, or sea. compare water-surface and land surface. surface-wind ‘ zfis,wind ». a wind near or next the sur-- face of the earth; a ground-current. surfacing ‘sezfi-sin n. the mode of application of the surface fabric to a wing or aeroferl. double surfacing, surfacing, as of the main-planes of a flyer, In which there are two layers of fabric applied, with an a i respace between them.