Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A plane or arched surface for sustaining bodies by its movement through the air; a spread wing, as of a bird.
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- noun A structure shaped to produce
lift when moving in air. - noun A
wing of anaircraft .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight
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Examples
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"aerofoil" is hardly ever used in practical aeronautics, I have, throughout this book, used the term SURFACE, which, while academically incorrect, since it does not indicate thickness, is a term usually used to describe the cambered lifting surfaces, i.e., the "planes" or
The Aeroplane Speaks 1919
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Inventor replaces the wing and propellor with an entirely new method of using a horizontal axis fan instead of an aerofoil wing.
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This SBSP project is PRECISELY the sort of work NASA should be performing; as with it's predecessor NACA, which produced almost all the aerofoil profiles for the worlds 'aircraft.
Canceling SOMD's Space Based Solar Power Work - NASA Watch 2008
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The shape of wings or an aerofoil creates air pressure that can push up or down.
The Great Storm of 26 November 1703 Paul Brown 2010
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It can be incorporated into a ring-shaped aerofoil and fired from a standard grenade launcher at low velocity, while still maintaining a flat trajectory for maximum accuracy.
Robocops Come to Pittsburgh...and Bring the Latest Weaponry with Them 2009
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Another thing to remember is that modern birds and bats are by no means "strict" in their aerofoil size and/or configuration.
Archive 2009-07-01 Weapon of Mass Imagination 2009
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Another thing to remember is that modern birds and bats are by no means "strict" in their aerofoil size and/or configuration.
Life's Time Capsule: Pterosaur Gallery Weapon of Mass Imagination 2009
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It can be incorporated into a ring-shaped aerofoil and fired from a standard grenade launcher at low velocity, while still maintaining a flat trajectory for maximum accuracy.
With Shot and Shell or "Modular Crowd Control Munitions" - We Must Bend to Empire's Will 2008
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At each prompt, reconfigure the specified file path, double-click on the button launch icon, select a single equation default file from the macro selection register, insert the VGA graphics card in the rear aerofoil, and type "C: \" followed by the birthdates of all the people you have ever known.
I'm A Stranger Here Myself Bryson, Bill 1999
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Instinctively we fall flat on our stomachs and wait for the hail of stones which tear a few holes in our aerofoil, but we are unscathed.
Stuka Pilot Rudel, Hans-Ulrich 1973
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