alpha hinge
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.27 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
On rotorcraft, a hinge perpendicular to the plane of rotor rotation about which the blades trail or lag.
Example Sentences
- "Similarly, as a blade with an alpha hinge lags through an angle §, ..."
- "When rotor goes to autorotation, an inclined alpha hinge provides automatic change of blade pitch to three degrees as the shaft stops rotating."
- "When flap and lag hinge inclination was introduced on the autogyro rotors, the inboard (flap) hinge was designated the “delta hinge,” and the outboard (lag) hinge designated the “alpha hinge.”"