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wind tunnel

[wind] / wɪnd /
NOUN
testing structure
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Choose a pair of foam wings — large or small — slip your arms through and stand in a life-sized wind tunnel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

To investigate how nightjars fly, researchers studied the birds in a wind tunnel, recording their movements at different speeds and measuring the patterns of airflow left behind their wings.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

That geography turns the valley into a natural wind tunnel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2026

They were also not able to run a model in their new wind tunnel until mid-April.

From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2026

No organization came close to Langley in terms of the quality and range of wind tunnel research data and analysis.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly


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