Definitions

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  • adjective Having a shape that reduces drag when moving through water.

Etymologies

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aqua- +‎ dynamic

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Examples

  • That decision came even though Nike also has a new suit with "aquadynamic" seams, the Nike Swift AMP'd.

    Swimming's changing fabric with new scientific suit 2008

  • The feathers "wear out" during the year, and becomes less effective as insulation and as an "aquadynamic" suit when swimming.

    Naima is moulting magnio 2007

  • The yellowtail is a super duper powerful swimmer and has a very aerodynamic … er … aquadynamic?

    Sushi Day » Yellowtail Nigiri » Print 2008

  • The yellowtail is a super duper powerful swimmer and has a very aerodynamic … er … aquadynamic?

    Jumpin’ Jack Fish Roll 2008

  • As you’ve gathered, it was a surface effect craft or WIG wing effect in ground as they’ve come to be known for some obscure reason and they were one solution to the age old aquadynamic problem.

    [wigs] these are not worn on the head 2009

  • Maybe your marvelous mammoth minders could knock of the gag science there are no mammoths–the Earth is only 5,000 years old, these hairy elephants all drowned in the Flood and were replaced by smooth ones with better aquadynamic characteristics–which still isn’t Evolution! and grow me a new set of lungs?

    Operation Global Media Domination: Blogworth « raincoaster 2006

  • Most body hair is shed, since that’d just cause aquadynamic drag—and on this cross-section, we see where an extra layer of insulating blubber develops, and the musculature is reshaped.

    DEEP DOMAIN Howard Weinstein 1987

  • Most body hair is shed, since that’d just cause aquadynamic drag—and on this cross-section, we see where an extra layer of insulating blubber develops, and the musculature is reshaped.

    DEEP DOMAIN Howard Weinstein 1987

  • Most body hair is shed, since that’d just cause aquadynamic drag—and on this cross-section, we see where an extra layer of insulating blubber develops, and the musculature is reshaped.

    DEEP DOMAIN Howard Weinstein 1987

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  • aquadynamic is not currently an accepted term. The proper term would be hydrodynamic.

    January 14, 2013