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- [air-foil]
- /ˈɛərˌfɔɪl/
- /ˈɛəfɔɪl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [air-foil]
- /ˈɛərˌfɔɪl/
Definitions of airfoil word
- noun airfoil a cross section of an aileron, wing, tailplane, or rotor blade 3
- noun airfoil a part with a flat or curved surface, as a wing, rudder, etc., specifically designed to keep an aircraft up or control its movements by reacting to the air through which it moves 3
- noun airfoil a similar winglike surface designed to improve stability for high-speed cars and boats; spoiler 3
- noun airfoil An airfoil is a flat shape such as a wing that is intended to produce a particular effect from the flow of air. 3
- noun airfoil any surface, as a wing, aileron, or stabilizer, designed to aid in lifting or controlling an aircraft by making use of the air currents through which it moves. 1
- noun airfoil A structure with curved surfaces designed to give the most favorable ratio of lift to drag in flight, used as the basic form of the wings, fins, and horizontal stabilizer of most aircraft. 1
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Origin of airfoil
First appearance:
before 1920 One of the 12% newest English words
First recorded in 1920-25; air1 + foil2
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Parts of speech for Airfoil
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
airfoil popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for airfoil
noun airfoil
- pennon — a distinctive flag in any of various forms, as tapering, triangular, or swallow-tailed, formerly one borne on the lance of a knight.
- appendage — An appendage is something that is joined to or connected with something larger or more important.
- feather — one of the horny structures forming the principal covering of birds, consisting typically of a hard, tubular portion attached to the body and tapering into a thinner, stemlike portion bearing a series of slender, barbed processes that interlock to form a flat structure on each side.
- aileron — An aileron is a section on the back edge of the wing of an aircraft that can be raised or lowered in order to control the aircraft's movement.
- pinion — the distal or terminal segment of the wing of a bird consisting of the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges.
Antonyms for airfoil
noun airfoil
- headquarters — a center of operations, as of the police or a business, from which orders are issued; the chief administrative office of an organization: The operatives were always in touch with headquarters.
- base — The base of something is its lowest edge or part.
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