AERODYNAMIC FORCE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Forces acting on airfoils in motion relative to the air (or other gaseous fluids)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("aerodynamic force" is a kind of...):

force ((physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "aerodynamic force"):

aerodynamic lift; lift (the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity)

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