control surface

noun

: a movable airfoil designed to change the attitude of an aircraft

Examples of control surface in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The company specifically identifies cable assemblies for the Elevon Control Module, which is associated with the vehicle’s aerodynamic control surfaces. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026

Aircraft-grade redundancy includes multiple backups for electric power, computing, and connections to flaps and other control surfaces. — IEEE Spectrum, 22 Oct. 2026

In addition, Vectis further gooses the stealth by removing all vertical control surfaces. — New Atlas, 20 Sep. 2026

Open weights run locally with no vendor-side control surface, so no vendor can enforce a prohibition for you. — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1910, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for control surface

• hypersurface
• undersurface
• resurface
• subsurface