Definition of Aerodynamic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to aerodynamics.

Category relationships: Natural Philosophy, Physics
Partainyms: Aerodynamics
Derivative terms: Aerodynamics

2. Adjective. Designed or arranged to offer the least resistant to fluid flow. "A streamlined convertible"
Exact synonyms: Flowing, Sleek, Streamlined
Similar to: Smooth

Definition of Aerodynamic

1. Adjective. of, or relating to the science of aerodynamics ¹

2. Adjective. having a shape that reduces drag when moving through the air ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Aerodynamic

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aerodynamic

aerocyst
aerocysts
aerodart
aerodarts
aerodermectasia
aerodigestive
aerodonetics
aerodontalgia
aerodontalgias
aerodontia
aerodrome
aerodromes
aerodromics
aeroduct
aeroducts
aerodynamic (current term)
aerodynamic force
aerodynamic lift
aerodynamic size
aerodynamical
aerodynamically
aerodynamicist
aerodynamicists
aerodynamics
aerodyne
aerodynes
aeroelastic
aeroelasticity
aeroembolism
aeroembolisms

Literary usage of Aerodynamic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Aerodynamics: Constituting the First Volume of a Complete Work on Aerial Flight by Frederick William Lanchester (1908)
"aerodynamic Basis of the Investigation on Rotative Stability.—Beyond the free employment of the aerodynamic laws and data already assumed, ..."

2. Proceedings of the Berkeley-Ames Conference on Nonlinear Problems in Control by Louis R. Hunt, Clyde Martin (1984)
"Bryan's formulation, which originated the subject, has at its core the assumption that the aerodynamic forces and moments developed at a given instant are ..."

3. Practical Aeronautics: An Understandable Presentation of Interesting and by Charles Brian Hayward (1912)
"aerodynamic Institute of ... laboratory should be found in a country which has done least for the progress of aviation, that' is, the aerodynamic Institute ..."

4. Aeroplane Designing for Amateurs by Victor Lougheed (1912)
"aerodynamic DRIFT In its original sense, as employed by Chanute, who coined this use of the word, drift was understood to mean only what for the sake of ..."

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