English
Airfoil nomenclature
Alternative forms
Noun
airfoil (plural airfoils)
- (American) A structure shaped to produce lift when moving in air.
- (American) A wing of an aircraft.
Synonyms
- (structure shaped to produce lift when moving in air): foil
- (wing): wing
Translations
structure shaped to produce lift when moving in air
- Dutch: vleugelprofiel n
- French: profil d'aile m
- German: tragflächenprofil n
- Irish: aereiteog f
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- Italian: profilo alare m
- Portuguese: aerofólio m
- Spanish: perfil alar, perfil aerodinámico, perfil (es)
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wing of an aircraft
— see wing