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type of flight control surface
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elevator

Summary

elevator ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (360 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • elevator is a type of flight control surface[2].
  • elevator is a type of aircraft component[3].
  • elevator is part of empennage[4].
  • elevator is used for control[5].
  • elevator's Commons category is recorded as Elevators (aircraft)[6].
  • elevator's partially coincident with is recorded as elevon[7].
  • elevator's partially coincident with is recorded as stabilator[8].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include flight control surface[2] and aircraft component[3].

Use and Application

elevator is used for control[5]. elevator is part of empennage[4].

Influence

Things named for elevator include stabilator[9].

Why It Matters

elevator ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (360 views/month).[1] elevator has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] elevator is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Entities named for elevator include stabilator[9].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has use → control
    Part of → —
    Subclass of → flight control surface, aircraft component
    Subclass of → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007540848205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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