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Definition of Aerofoil
1. Noun. A device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight.
Specialized synonyms: Aileron, Elevator, Flap, Flaps, Horizontal Stabiliser, Horizontal Stabilizer, Tailplane, Rotary Wing, Rotor Blade, Rudder, Spoiler, Spoiler, Stabilizer, Vertical Tail, Wing
Generic synonyms: Device
Terms within: Leading Edge, Trailing Edge
Definition of Aerofoil
1. Noun. A structure shaped to produce lift when moving in air. ¹
2. Noun. A wing of an aircraft. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Aerofoil
1. airfoil [n -S] - See also: airfoil
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aerofoil
Literary usage of Aerofoil
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)
"The above fact renders the correct grading of a laminar aerofoil a particularly
simple ... 148 ; on this the aerofoil, cut to shape and otherwise prepared, ..."
2. The A-B-C of Aviation: A Complete, Practical Treatise Outlining Clearly the by Victor Wilfred Pagé (1918)
"THE reader doubtless wonders how it is possible for an airplane designer to
determine the best aerofoil form for a given set of conditions and how it is ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Cambre, the convexity or rise of a curve of an aerofoil from ... Top Cambre "
refers to the top surface of an aerofoil, and " Bottom Cambre " to the bottom ..."
4. The Flying-machine from an Engineering Standpoint: A Reprint of the "James by Frederick William Lanchester, James Forrest lecture (1917)
"RELATING TO THE DESIGN OF THE aerofoil. We shall now proceed to the discussion
... First, the aerofoil. The pressure appropriate to least resistance we have ..."
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