Airplane splint
airplane splint
airplane splint air·plane splint (âr’plān’)
n.
a splint that holds the arm in abduction at about shoulder level with the forearm midway in flexion.
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- Airport book
noun any book, often lengthy fiction, bought in an airport for the purposes of in-flight and trip reading; also called airport novel , [airport fiction] examples airport books are seen as essentially disposable; suitable for a long flight or trip but then discarded afterwards. word origin from the point-of-purchase buying of books at the airport
- Airport code
a three-letter abbreviation of the names of the world’s major airports, used especially as an identifier for routing baggage.
- Airport fiction
noun see airport book
- Airport novel
noun see airport book
- Airs
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere. a stir in the atmosphere; a light breeze. overhead sp-ce; sky: the planes filled the air. circulation; publication; publicity: to give air to one’s theories. the general character or complexion of anything; appearance: his early work […]