aerodynamic
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Lift is the aerodynamic force that helps keep a bird airborne.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
The speed brakes are panels that create aerodynamic drag, or thrust reversers, which redirect air to lower the plane’s speed while landing, the WSJ’s Andrew Tangel and Alyssa Lukpat write.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
The Alpine has strong straight-line speed with a low-downforce-leaning aerodynamic design.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
The telescope is already enclosed inside Falcon Heavy's protective fairing, the shell that surrounds a spacecraft during launch and shields it from aerodynamic forces and the atmosphere.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
It had the sleek, aerodynamic design of a hunter, every angle purpose-built to reduce drag to the merest fraction.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
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Elements of the Universe: Aer, Aero ("Air")
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