canard in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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This tactic is at best disingenuous, and at worst a canard.
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That may have a commonsensical ring to it, but it's a canard.
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One canard has him robbing a bank to raise funds for the IRA.
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It is powered by a simple two-bladed pusher propeller with a rear mounted wing and a front canard for good stall, stability and maneuverability characteristics.
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A commonly used solution to pitch-up in modern combat aircraft is to use a control-canard.
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Nevertheless, a canard stabilizer may be added to an otherwise unstable design to obtain overall static pitch stability.
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Longitudinal stability and control may be obtained with other wing configurations, including canard, tandem wing and tailless aircraft.
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Modern combat aircraft of canard configuration typically have a control-canard driven by a computerized flight control system.
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The title also conveys a double meaning, canard being a possible salacious rumour or whisper and enchan simply meaning linked, hence the inside whisper.
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Extension of the canard-carrying tube by means of fore and aft control column movement increased the canard's moment arm and increased pitch.
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