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sweptwing

American

[swept-wing] / ˈswɛptˌwɪŋ /

adjective

Aeronautics.

(of an aircraft, winged missile, etc.) having sweptback wings.

sweptwing British

/ ˈswɛptˌwɪŋ /

adjective

(of an aircraft, winged missile, etc) having wings swept (usually) backwards

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Etymology

Origin of sweptwing

swept(back) + wing

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sweptwing

Of the roughly 750 B-52’s originally built, the Air Force is still flying about 75 of the sweptwing, eight-engine H-model planes.

From New York Times ● Dec. 11, 2017

Helicopters beat low over Havana, and Russian-built MIG-19 sweptwing jets sent sonic booms thundering down the capital's seafront Malecon Drive.

From Time Magazine Archive

The city was laid out in the shape of a sweptwing airliner by Planner Lucio Costa, and studded with Architect Oscar Niemeyer's starkly modern structures of concrete, glass, marble and steel.

From Time Magazine Archive

There was an intense, high-pitched roar from the twin jets as the sweptwing, silver-and-blue plane rolled to a stop.

From Time Magazine Archive

As the Sixth Fleet moved in, a sweptwing, twin jet flew in from the Bulgarian coast, and came down low over the massed invasion fleet.

From Time Magazine Archive

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