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lon⋅ge⋅ron

  [lon-jer-uhn]
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–noun Aeronautics.
a main longitudinal brace or support on an airplane.
Origin:
1910–15; < F: side-piece, equiv. to long(er) to run alongside, skirt (deriv. of long long 1 ) + -eron n. suffix
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Longerons
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lon·ge·ron   (lŏn'jər-ən)   
n.  A major structural member of an aircraft fuselage, running from front to rear.

[French, from Old French, beam, from long, long, from Latin longus; see del-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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