WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
hor′izon′tal sta′bilizer, [Aeron.]
  1. Aeronauticsthe horizontal surface, usually fixed, of an aircraft empennage, to which the elevator is hinged. Also called,[esp. Brit.,] tail plane. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
horizontal stabilizer
  1. the US name for tailplane
'horizontal stabilizer' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
canard - delta wing - stabilizer - tail plane - tailplane

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