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airfoil
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun airfoil has 1 sense
- airfoil(n = noun.artifact) aerofoil, control surface, surface - a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight; Array has particulars: aileron, elevator, flap, flaps, horizontal stabiliser, horizontal stabilizer, tailplane, rotary wing, rotor blade, rudder, spoiler, spoiler, stabilizer, vertical tail, wing
is a kind of device
has parts: leading edge, trailing edge
CIDE DICTIONARY
airfoil, n.
a surface such as the wing of an airplane designed to provide reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air. [WordNet 1.5]
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