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periptery

periptery noun: the region surrounding a moving body, such as the wing of a bird or a gliding aeroplane, within which cyclic or vortical motion of the air occurs.

Noun

periptery (plural peripteries)

  1. The region surrounding a moving body, such as the wing of a bird or a gliding aeroplane, within which cyclic or vortical motion of the air occurs.
    • F. W. (Frederick William) Lanchester, "Aerial Flight - Volume 1", Chapter IV, p.139 Wing Form and Motion in the Periptery
  2. A building surrounded by a wing or row of columns.

Forms of periptery

pluralperipteries

Origin of periptery

From peri- + Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).

Questions about periptery

What does periptery mean?
Periptery means the region surrounding a moving body, such as the wing of a bird or a gliding aeroplane, within which cyclic or vortical motion of the air occurs.
What part of speech is periptery?
Periptery is a noun.
What is the plural of periptery?
The plural of periptery is peripteries.

Words near periptery in the dictionary

  1. peripteries
  2. peripteroi
  3. peripteros
  4. peripterous
  5. peripters
  6. periptery
  7. periptychid
  8. periptychids
  9. peripuberal
  10. peripubertal
  11. peripubertally

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