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dog tooth

dog tooth noun: a sharp zig-zag pattern on the leading edge of a wing which increases the vorticity over the wing and reduces spanwise flow. Also the alternative form of dogtooth.

Noun

dog tooth (plural dog teeth or dog tooths)

  1. (informal) A sharp zig-zag pattern on the leading edge of a wing which increases the vorticity over the wing and reduces spanwise flow.

Also used as

dog tooth is also the alternative form of dogtooth.

Forms of dog tooth

pluraldog teeth
pluraldog tooths
alternative formdogtooth
alternative formdog-tooth
alternative formdog's tooth

Questions about dog tooth

What does dog tooth mean?
Dog tooth means a sharp zig-zag pattern on the leading edge of a wing which increases the vorticity over the wing and reduces spanwise flow.
What part of speech is dog tooth?
Dog tooth is a noun.
What is the plural of dog tooth?
The plural of dog tooth is dog teeth.

Words near dog tooth in the dictionary

  1. dog teeth
  2. dog tent
  3. dog tents
  4. dog that caught the car
  5. dog tired
  6. dog tooth
  7. dog tooths
  8. dog town
  9. dog towns
  10. dog trick
  11. dog tricks

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