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airfoil
[ air-foil ]
/ ˈɛərˌfɔɪl /
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noun Aeronautics.
any surface, as a wing, aileron, or stabilizer, designed to aid in lifting or controlling an aircraft by making use of the air currents through which it moves.
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Words nearby airfoil
airfare, airfield, air filter, air fleet, airflow, airfoil, Air Force, Air Force Cross, Air Force One, airframe, airfreight
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How to use airfoil in a sentence
You can use aerodynamic flight, with wings that generate lift through the flow of a fluid over an airfoil.
It’s just saying that somewhere, it is almost inevitable that creatures are making use of an airfoil to generate lift.
One has nightmares about wood shingle siding “that ignites and flies off like an airfoil spreading fires.”
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British Dictionary definitions for airfoil
airfoil
/ (ˈɛəˌfɔɪl) /
noun
US and Canadian a cross section of an aileron, wing, tailplane, or rotor bladeAlso called: aerofoil
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Scientific definitions for airfoil
airfoil
[ âr′foil′ ]
A structure having a shape that provides lift, propulsion, stability, or directional control in a flying object. An aircraft wing provides lift by causing air to pass at a higher speed over the wing than below it, resulting in greater pressure below than above. Propellers are airfoils that are spun rapidly to provide propulsion. See more at Bernoulli effect. See Note at aerodynamics.
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