wingtip
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- noun
- /ˈwɪŋˌtɪp/
:
punta del ala
- As the aircraft glided to a stop, the wingtip brushed against the runway's edge.
Examples
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For example, under the right conditions, you will see vapor trails form from the wingtips of a jet on takeoff or landing.
Blog text (8) -
I can turn a plane on a wingtip.
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There they were, hanging way above her head, about fifteen or twenty of them, wingtip to wingtip.
Fiction book (1996) -
Its wingtips curve up at the ends, so from below they look cut off.
Fiction book (1999) -
Long-range, wingtip fuel tanks are being installed.
Fiction book (1996) -
Fuentes looked up from his radarscope just in time to see his plane's wingtip drift ever so slowly toward Tamalko's right wing.
Fiction book (1991) -
The plane in the picture has a squared-off vertical stabilizer and wingtips, a definite design feature of the famous P-51 Mustang airframe.
Blog text (34) -
The pilot carefully checked the wingtip for any signs of damage before takeoff.
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Engineers measured the distance from wingtip to wingtip to ensure the correct specifications were met.
Synonyms
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The pointed end of something like a knife or pencil
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Etymology
Wingtip for an airplane follows the same idea: it is the wing plus its tip, the 'end' of the wing farthest from the body. So a plane's wingtip is the outermost edge of the wing, named by comparison with a bird's wing.