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- noun Plural form of
aerofoil .
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Examples
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The upper component, with its tiny cabin, its folded aerofoils and flaps, weighed just under twenty tons when fully fueled.
Expedition to Earth Clarke, Arthur C. 1953
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Lilienthal, Langley, Chanute, and others, though they also carried out tests on the lifting properties of aerofoils in a wind tunnel of their own.
A History of Aeronautics Evelyn Charles Vivian 1914
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The wings of a flying machine are called planes, or aerofoils; the length of the wing is called the span of the plane; the breadth of the wing is called the chord of the plane.
The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force Walter Alexander Raleigh 1891
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European space boffins are chuffed to announce that they have successfully 'surfed' the atmosphere of Venus, during a so-called 'aerodrag' experiment in which the solar panels of a space probe functioned as aerofoils skimming the top of the second planet's atmosphere.
The Register Team Register 2010
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Venus Express, hurtling through the thinnest, most evanescent topmost reaches of the turbulent planetary cloak, began to use its twin solar panels as aerofoils to generate a torque.
The Register Team Register 2010
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At Mach 2010, Wenzel will exhibit the Wenzel Scantec Core-DS, a white-light scanning solution designed for fast and accurate measurement of turbine blades, aerofoils and blisk-type parts.
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Aerion plans to test on the F-15 a 1. 2m (4ft) span, 2. 1m chord aerofoil section that much more closely represents the final product compared with earlier test aerofoils with half the chord.
HEADLINES 2010
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Venus Express, hurtling through the thinnest, most evanescent topmost reaches of the turbulent planetary cloak, began to use its twin solar panels as aerofoils to generate a torque.
The Register Team Register 2010
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Wenzel Scantec has launched Core-DS, a white light scanning solution that has been designed for rapid and accurate measurement of turbine blades, aerofoils and blisk-type parts.
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As the wind passes over these they act like aerofoils, generating lift which turns the structure as a whole at roughly three revolutions per minute.
Home | Mail Online 2010
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