: an aircraft with two main supporting surfaces usually placed one above the other
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Since the biplane had been the basis of standard airplane design until that point, the M-1 and following single-wing designs were referenced as monoplanes for a number of years.
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Eric Duvall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026
The Utopia of the Seas itself features non-JoJo amenities like ice-skating shows, a full casino, and a biplane over the ship’s boardwalk.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2025
The mission will require plumbing the depths for a sunken Russian sub, hanging from the wing of a biplane – and no less than an aircraft carrier.
—Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
Back then, Azerbaijani forces repurposed agricultural biplanes into decoy drones.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 27 Nov. 2025
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Eric Duvall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026
The Utopia of the Seas itself features non-JoJo amenities like ice-skating shows, a full casino, and a biplane over the ship’s boardwalk.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2025
The mission will require plumbing the depths for a sunken Russian sub, hanging from the wing of a biplane – and no less than an aircraft carrier.
—Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
Back then, Azerbaijani forces repurposed agricultural biplanes into decoy drones.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 27 Nov. 2025
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“Biplane.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biplane. Accessed 25 Jan. 2026.
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biplane
noun
bi·plane
ˈbī-ˌplān 
: an airplane with two sets of wings usually placed one above the other
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