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Part of a British Airways jet
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aerofoil
Alternative clues for the word aerofoil
Word definitions for aerofoil in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight [syn: airfoil , control surface , surface ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (standard form of from=British airfoil English)
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1907, from aero- + foil (n.).
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Aerofoil \A"["e]r*o*foil`\, n. [A["e]ro- + foil.] A plane or arched surface for sustaining bodies by its movement through the air; a spread wing, as of a bird.
Usage examples of aerofoil.
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.
They have sonar, updraft and downdraft detection, aerofoil control, warpage control, and so forth and so forth.
He waved a pulse cartridge rifle unsteadily with one hand, shooting again and again, but three armored cymeks pounced upon him from their own aerofoil vessels.
British engineering magazine to describe a kind of aerofoil used in experiments.
They hovered as best they could on their weak aerofoils, but the breeze caught them up and carried them away, and the night became still again.
Other parts of the wreckage seemed to have come from robotic aerofoils, but he didn't care about that.
The upper component, with its tiny cabin, its folded aerofoils and flaps, weighed just under twenty tons when fully fueled.
For in certain extremes many of the Wamphyri can so change their shape as to flatten their bodies, lengthen their arms, sprout webbing like the membranes of a bat or flying squirrel, and form aerofoils to support their weight or at least allow for gliding.
A couple of bolts passed through Booker's port wing, deflating a section of the aerofoil, a third went through the clearview panel above his head.