- biplane (n.)
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[biplane 词源字典] - airplane with two full wings, one above the other, 1874, as a theoretical notion; first attested 1908 in reference to the real thing; from bi- + plane (n.1). So called from the two "planes" of the double wings.[biplane etymology, biplane origin, 英语词源]