wind tunnel

[wind] / wɪnd /

NOUN

testing structure

Synonyms

WEAK

proving ground test bed

Example Sentences

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Now that we’re through the wind tunnel of adolescence, I’m happy to share them.

From The Wall Street Journal

It is the force that builds the wind tunnel.

From The Wall Street Journal

There were wind tunnels, airstrips, and other facilities where researchers tested airplane parts and theories of math and science.

From Literature

In the study, Parziale's team introduced krypton gas into a wind tunnel and used lasers to ionize it.

From Science Daily

He also created a tiny wind tunnel for some of the experiments, so that the physicists could analyze the role of ambient breeze in the worm's target success rate.

From Science Daily