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sweptback

sweptback adjective: angled backwards from its attachment to the fuselage.

Adjective

sweptback (comparative more sweptback, superlative most sweptback)

  1. Angled backwards from its attachment to the fuselage.
  2. Backswept.

sweptback meaning in Tamil

sweptback in Tamil

பின்னேந்தலான

Forms of sweptback

comparativemore sweptback
superlativemost sweptback
alternative formswept-back

Origin of sweptback

From swept + back.

Questions about sweptback

What does sweptback mean?
Sweptback means angled backwards from its attachment to the fuselage.
What is sweptback in Tamil?
Sweptback in Tamil is பின்னேந்தலான. See Sweptback meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sweptback?
Sweptback is an adjective.

Words near sweptback in the dictionary

  1. swept up
  2. swept wing
  3. swept wings
  4. swept-back
  5. swept-wing
  6. sweptback
  7. sweptwing
  8. SWER
  9. swerd
  10. Swerdloff
  11. swere

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sweptback (page history and authors); sweptback (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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