wing
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2.2
- noun
- /wɪŋ/
- Specialized
- Air Force One, you've got to keep the wings level.
- aircraft wing
- fixed-wing
- airplane wing
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Watch on YouTubeIt'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.
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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.
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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
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8.7
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
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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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8.9
A South American plant with wing-shaped leaves and red flower clusters
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5.5
A small metal part with flat side pieces you can turn by hand to hold things together
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7.8
One of the front pair of thin parts an insect uses to fly when it has four wings
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9.6
A North American tree with rough, thick bumps on its branches that look like wings
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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 small group of stiff feathers on a bird's thumb that helps control flight
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.