aerodynamicist
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- noun
- /ˌɛəroʊdaɪˈnæmɪsɪst/
- Specialized
- A scientist, meteorologist, aerodynamicist.
- engineers and aerodynamicists
Examples
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By August, the group had arrived at a final form that pleased the designers, the engineers, and the aerodynamicists.
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With these changes in mind, the two designers met with the engineers and aerodynamicists, beginning a series of discussions.
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Such work has created lifetime careers for a large number of fluid dynamicists and aerodynamicists.
Academic text (2005) -
The chosen theme was then selected and developed through a continual progressive cycle in conjunction with the aerodynamicists and engineering.
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At this point, with the engineers and aerodynamicists having spent quite a number of nights in the wind tunnel, the car was within 10 to 20 percent of its aerodynamic goal, said Kutcher.
Academic text (1999) -
To determine the force, aerodynamicists need to calculate both the pressure and shear-stress distributions and then integrate them over the surface of the airfoil.
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The aerodynamicist designed a new car shape that minimizes air resistance, improving its speed.
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As an aerodynamicist, she focused on how air flows around different vehicles to enhance their performance.
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The team of aerodynamicists collaborated to create an innovative aircraft that could fly more efficiently.
Surface Forms
Morphology
aerodynamicist = aerodynamic (transparent) = aero + dynamic + ist
Formed by adding the agentive suffix '-ist' to the adjective 'aerodynamic', yielding a specialist; the derivation is straightforward for learners familiar with '-ist' and 'aerodynamic'.
Etymology
Aerodynamicist is made of parts you can see: aero- meaning 'air', dynamic meaning 'movement' or 'force', and -ist meaning 'a person'. So an aerodynamicist is a person who studies how air moves around things and designs shapes to help them move more easily through the air.