wing
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2.2
- noun
- /wɪŋ/
- Specialized
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- Air Force One, you've got to keep the wings level.
- aircraft wing
- fixed-wing
- airplane wing
It's got a big, straight, fat wing that creates a ton of lift.
- It's got a big, straight, fat wing that creates a ton of lift.
- So the lift and drag of the wing will change as a function of twist angle.
- Some aircraft, fixed wing or Rotary wing, were socked into weather.
Examples
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It's got a big, straight, fat wing that creates a ton of lift.
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Engineers designed the wing to maximize lift and improve the aircraft's fuel efficiency.
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You can see on initial impact, the left wing hit the ground.
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If he goes too slow, wind will stop flowing over the wing and the plane can drop out of the sky.
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When the fan is turned on, a pressure difference develops between the wing's surfaces.
Academic text (2012) -
I'm going to neaten up the side of the wing and hide a bit inside as well.
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The control surfaces will be integrated with the wing instead of appended to it.
Academic text (2001) -
The entire surface of the wing will be covered with tiny embedded sensors and actuators.
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So we are sure that the wing won't crash and won't fall back to the ground.
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That downward shove pushes the wing upward, and that is lift.
Synonyms
A shaped surface like a wing or blade that makes lift when it moves through air
Idioms
Compounds
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3.8
People who support conservative political, social, and economic ideas and little change
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8.4
A senior Royal Air Force officer who is above a squadron leader and below a group captain
- Specialized
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6.9
A set of long rotating blades on a helicopter that lift it and let it hover
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A small stiff group of feathers on the front edge of a bird's wing that helps control flight when landing
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A South American plant with wing-shaped leaves and red flower clusters
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One of the front pair of thin parts an insect uses to fly when it has four wings
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A small group of stiff feathers on a bird's thumb that helps control flight
- Specialized
A small metal part with flat side pieces you can turn by hand to hold things together
How Much Lift
Surface Forms
Etymology
Wing for an airplane keeps the same image as a bird: the word originally named the flying 'part' of an animal, so we call the airplane's horizontal lifting surface a wing because it plays the same role in flight.