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wind tunnel

[wind] / wɪnd /
NOUN
testing structure
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They built their own wind tunnel in the bike shop, and learned that the hard problem wasn’t engine power but control.

From The Wall Street Journal May 11, 2026

That geography turns the valley into a natural wind tunnel.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 7, 2026

And they are starting work with a new wind tunnel and driver-in-the-loop simulator, about which Newey was pretty disparaging last spring.

From BBC Jan. 30, 2026

He also created a tiny wind tunnel for some of the experiments, so that the physicists could analyze the role of ambient breeze in the worm's target success rate.

From Science Daily Oct. 15, 2025

His eyes were milky blue, one higher than the other, and though he smiled, he didn’t look friendly—more like his face was being peeled back in a wind tunnel.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan



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