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airfoil

noun as in fin

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noun as in wing

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Engineers designed a product component, such as an airfoil, on a computer and then tasked a modeler or sculptor to craft the item in clay, wood, or stock components for physical testing.

To escape predators beneath the waves, a flying fish can shoot out of the water and glide long distances because its paired pectoral and pelvic fins, longer and more rigid than those of other fish, act as airfoils.

Every surface has been meticulously shaped for aerodynamic efficiency, with airfoil cross sections even on the seatpost, and all shift and brake cables entirely hidden inside the frame and cockpit.

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.

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On this page you'll find 13 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to airfoil, such as: appendage, flipper, and pinna.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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