airfoil

Example Sentences

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One has nightmares about wood shingle siding "that ignites and flies off like an airfoil spreading fires."

From Salon

Oriented like two airplane wings standing upright on their side, the pair of airfoils directly face the wind.

From Scientific American

At just 16, he began studying computational airfoil design at Duke University in North Carolina.

From BBC

“There’s been debate about whether the skin flap was really an airfoil or used for another purpose,” Brusatte says.

From Science Magazine

Nasa has already tested Aerion's planned airfoil at speeds of up to Mach 2, validating the design.

From BBC