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airfoil

airfoil noun: a structure shaped to produce lift when moving in air.

airfoil: a structure shaped to produce lift when moving in air
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Noun

airfoil (plural airfoils)

  1. (Canada, US) A structure shaped to produce lift when moving in air.
    Synonyms:
    foil
  2. (Canada, US) A wing of an aircraft.
    Synonyms:
    wing

airfoil meaning in Tamil

airfoil in Tamil

காற்றிதழ், காற்றிலை, மெல்லிய விமான இறகமைப்பு

Synonyms of airfoil

Forms of airfoil

pluralairfoils
alternative UKaerofoil

Origin of airfoil

From air + foil.

Words formed from airfoil

Questions about airfoil

What does airfoil mean?
Airfoil means a structure shaped to produce lift when moving in air.
What is airfoil in Tamil?
Airfoil in Tamil is காற்றிதழ், காற்றிலை, மெல்லிய விமான இறகமைப்பு. See Airfoil meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is airfoil?
Airfoil is a noun.
What is the plural of airfoil?
The plural of airfoil is airfoils.

Words near airfoil in the dictionary

  1. airfleet
  2. airfleets
  3. airflow
  4. airflown
  5. airflows
  6. airfoil
  7. airfoiled
  8. airfoils
  9. airforce
  10. airforces
  11. airframe

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Adapted from Wiktionary: airfoil (page history and authors); airfoil (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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