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swashplate

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Meaning

  1. noun A revolving circular plate, set obliquely on its shaft, and acting as a cam to give a reciprocating motion to a rod in a direction parallel to the shaft.
  2. noun A device that translates input from a helicopter's controls into motion of the main rotor blades.

Similar words

swash plate quadrant plate wrist plate swash trammel wheel roving plate swash-work swape pitwheel troll plate

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