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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The linear distance between the tips of the wings of an aircraft.
  • noun Wingspread.

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  • noun usually in singular the distance from the left wingtip to the right wingtip

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  • noun linear distance between the extremities of an airfoil

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