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Meanings of airfoil in anglès
A device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight.
Synonyms
Examples for "surface"
Examples for "surface"
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In Mr Yeltsin's case however, democratic instincts surface from time to time.
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Similar sentiment has come to the surface throughout central and eastern Europe.
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Meanwhile, feelgood stories about the torch's progress thus far continue to surface.
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These cores chart changes in sea surface temperatures over millions of years.
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It will surface only in response to a question or a situation.
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The supporting surfaces, consisting of the main plane, or aerofoil, behind, and the elevator in front.
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Aeroplane-A power-driven aerofoil with stabilizing and controlling surfaces.
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Loading-Theweight carried by an aerofoil.
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We now know better; over about 15 thou' you are subject to icing, and your aerofoil and consequently your lift go.
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Mountain Equipment Aerofoil Jacket The Mountain Equipment Aerofoil Jacket.
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Rudder is a flight control surface that controls this motion of the aircraft.
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There's also a trackpad like control surface in the centre console.
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Literally just above: Anakin's left lead control surface was barely a hand span from Obi-Wan's sublight thrusters.
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Holographic icons swarmed over the control surface.
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They actually lose an aileron, which is a control surface that controls the roll movement of an aircraft.
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Through the glasslike hull Louis saw a conduit as thick as his thigh leading through the hull into the wing section.
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Our America's Cup correspondent Todd Niall says there were dramatic scenes for Team NZ before the race with a broken wing section on the boat.
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Strewn along the flight path they first found a wing section, then the nose, the rest of the wings and the aircraft's tail and engines.
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Even within the 'Left Wing Section' itself democratic methods are not used.
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This increase in efficiency was due to careful attention to detail in every part, improved wing sections, clean fuselage-lines, and simplified undercarriages.
Usage of airfoil in anglès
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Optical lift is different from the aerodynamic lift created by an airfoil.
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Most helicopters have rotating airfoil shaped blades on top of the fuselage.
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They're going to have an airfoil which allows it to return.
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So now we're gonna make this boomerang come back by adding an airfoil.
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Let's say the airfoil was a rotating plastic disk, absolutely transparent.
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That could have been a reflection from the airfoil.
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How could it fly without some kind of airfoil?
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But the circular airfoil is quite feasible.
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The jobs, which are backed by IDA Ireland, will be created at AlliedSignal's aerospace airfoil plant over five years.
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The second type was said to be a jet version of the Navy's circular airfoil "Flying Flapjack."
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His breakthrough improvement, after switching from metal to molded plastic, was curving the disc's outer edge like an airfoil.
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The scalpel's edge was exactly one atom wide; it delaminated the skin of Hackworth's palm like an airfoil gliding through smoke.
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The delta wing's large area, thin airfoil cross-section, low weight and structural strength gave this design a great potential for a supersonic airplane.
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For concentrated heating and cooling, air is released from a jet and accelerated over an airfoil-shaped ramp to produce a focused flow of air.
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Until it does, though, you can use Airfoil to achieve the same thing.
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Some of this was with oval and round types of airfoils.
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Translations for airfoil
portuguès
Airfoil through the time