airfoil

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The first model is one that Ahmed previously developed to generate high-performing airfoil designs.

From Science Daily • Oct. 20, 2023

Parts of which household device may include the airfoil propulsion, Helmholtz cavity, and impeller?

From Slate • Sep. 14, 2023

“I often say it’s like seeing a car parked on the side of the road with racing slicks and racing stripes and an airfoil on the back and a big engine,” Ray said.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2021

To take advantage of these pressure differences, Einstein proposed an airfoil with a bulge on top such that the shape would increase airflow velocity above the bulge and thus decrease pressure there as well.

From Scientific American • Feb. 4, 2020

She reached for the control that in a gyropter would tilt the airfoil, and pushed the throttle forward, and at once the intention craft leapt into the air.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman