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airfoil

noun

Meaning

  1. A structure shaped to produce lift when moving in air.
  2. A wing of an aircraft.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

aerofoil(English)control surface(English)surface(English)cambered(English)plane(English)wing(English)airflow(English)aeroplane(English)camber(English)transonic(English)laminar(English)flaps(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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