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el⋅e⋅von

[el-uh-von]
–noun Aeronautics.
a control surface functioning both as an elevator and as an aileron.

Origin:
1940–45; elev(ator) + (ailer)on
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n.  A control surface on an airplane that combines the functions of an elevator and an aileron.

[elev(ator) + (ailer)on.]
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