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fly-by-wire definition

☆ fly·-by-wire (flī′bī wīr′)

adjective

designating or of a control system for an airplane or spacecraft, in which the controls are actuated by electrical impulses, as from a computer

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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