hydrofoil

[ hahy-druh-foil ]
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noun
  1. Naval Architecture. a surface form creating a thrust against water in a direction perpendicular to the plane approximated by the surface.

  2. Nautical.

    • a winglike member having this form, designed to lift the hull of a moving vessel.

    • a vessel equipped with hydrofoils.

Origin of hydrofoil

1
First recorded in 1915–20; hydro-1 + foil2

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British Dictionary definitions for hydrofoil

hydrofoil

/ (ˈhaɪdrəˌfɔɪl) /


noun
  1. a fast light vessel the hull of which is raised out of the water on one or more pairs of fixed vanes

  2. any of these vanes

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