Look up: flap


  1. flap
    [n] - the motion made by flapping up and down 2. [n] - a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body 3. [n] - a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing 4. [n] - any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge 5. [v] - move noisily 6. [v] - pronoun...
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  2. Flap
    A hinged surface, usually at the trailing edge of a wing, used to increase the lift of a wing at slow speeds, to steepen the glide and to act as an air brake during the approach and landing.
    Found op http://www.aeroplanemonthly.com/glossary/

  3. Flap
    A protective covering of artwork or mechanicals made by affixing a sheet of tracing paper or heavier paper over the face of the original.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20829

  4. FLAP
    FLAP: A gene that helps make a leukotriene, a signal that activates the white blood cells involved in inflammation. FLAP stands for 5-lipoxygenase-activating protein. FLAP has been implicated in a number of inflammatory responses, including asthma, arthritis, psoriasis, heart attack and stroke. FLAP...
    Found op http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.html?articlekey=26811

  5. FLAP
    (= 5-lipoxygenase activating protein) Activator of the enzyme responsible for the production of 5-HPETE from arachidonic acid, the first step in leukotriene synthesis.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  6. Flap
    Flap noun [ Middle English flappe , flap , blow, bly-flap; confer Dutch flap , and English flap , v. ] Anything broad and limber that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily m...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/38

  7. Flap
    Flap transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Flapped ; present participle & verbal noun Flapping .] [ Prob. of imitative origin; confer Dutch flappen , English flap ,
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  8. Flap
    Flap intransitive verb 1. To move as do wings, or as something broad or loose; to fly with wings beating the air. « The crows flapped over by twos and threes.» Lowell. 2. To fall and hang like a flap, as the ...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/38

  9. flap
    Anything broad and limber that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved; as, the flap of a garment. 'A cartilaginous flap upon the opening of the larynx.' (Sir T. Browne) ... 2. A hinged leaf, as of a table or shutter. ... 3. The motion of anything broad and loose, or ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?flap

  10. flap
    noun any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely; `he wrote on the flap of the envelope`
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  11. flap
    noun a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body
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  12. flap
    verb pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds
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  1. flap
    verb move noisily; `flags flapped in the strong wind`
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  2. flap
    flutter 1 fluttering noun the motion made by flapping up and down
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  3. flap
    noun a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag
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  4. flap
    (flap) a mass of tissue for grafting, usually including skin, only partially removed from one part of the body so that it retains its own blood supply during transfer to another site. an uncontrolled movement.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  5. Flap
    • (n.) To move, as something broad and flaplike; as, to flap the wings; to let fall, as the brim of a hat. • (v. i.) To fall and hang like a flap, as the brim of a hat, or other broad thing. • (v.) A hinged leaf, as of a table or shutter. • (v.) A disease in the lips of horses. &...
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/flap/

  6. flap
    (from the article `fluid mechanics`) ...adopted for the wings of aircraft has been sketched already in Figure 17B. The rear edge is made as sharp as possible for reasons that have ... Flaps are extensions of the trailing edge of the wing and can be deflected downward as much as 45°. Many flaps effe...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/f/34

  7. flap
    in phonetics, a consonant sound produced by a single quick flip of the tongue against the upper part of the mouth, often heard as a short r in ... [1 related articles]
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  8. FLAP
    Type: Term Pronunciation: flap Definitions: 1. Acronym for 5-lipooxygenase-activating protein.
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=33835

  9. flap
    Type: Term Pronunciation: flap Definitions: 1. Tissue for transplantation, vascularized by a pedicle flap. 2. An uncontrolled movement, as of the hands. See: local flap, distant flap, free flap2An uncontrolled movement, as of the hands.asterixis
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=33836

  10. FLAP
    A symbolic mathematics package for IBM 360. ['FLAP Programmer's Manual', A.H. Morris Jr., TR-2558 (1971) US Naval Weapons Lab]. [Sammet 1969, p. 506]. [Jargon File] (1994-10-17)
    Found op http://foldoc.org/FLAP

  11. flap
    1. (storage, jargon) To unload a DECtape (so it goes flap, flap, flap). Old-time hackers at MIT tell of the days when the disk was device 0 and microtapes were 1, 2, etc. and attempting to flap device 0 would instead start a motor banging inside a cabinet near the disk. The term is used, by extensi...
    Found op http://foldoc.org/flap

  12. Flap
    [aircraft] Flaps are normally hinged surfaces mounted on the trailing edges of the wings of a fixed-wing aircraft to reduce the speed an aircraft can be safely flown at and to increase the angle of descent for landing without increasing air speed. They shorten takeoff and landing distances a...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flap_(aircraft)

  13. Flap
    An 'extra' section added to standard size paper which is then folded over. Normally used to highlight some aspect of the offer or to act as the response device.
    Found op http://www.the-cma.org/public.html?WCE=C=47|K=225549

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