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swing-wing

swing-wing noun: a variable-sweep wing on an aircraft: a wing that can be set at any of two or more angles according to the current flight conditions (airspeed, mission, etc).

swing-wing: a variable-sweep wing on an aircraft: a wing that can be set at any of two or more angles according...
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Noun

swing-wing (plural swing-wings)

  1. A variable-sweep wing on an aircraft: a wing that can be set at any of two or more angles according to the current flight conditions (airspeed, mission, etc).
  2. (metonymically) An aircraft that has such wings.

Forms of swing-wing

pluralswing-wings

Questions about swing-wing

What does swing-wing mean?
Swing-wing means a variable-sweep wing on an aircraft: a wing that can be set at any of two or more angles according to the current flight conditions (airspeed, mission, etc).
What part of speech is swing-wing?
Swing-wing is a noun.
What is the plural of swing-wing?
The plural of swing-wing is swing-wings.

Words near swing-wing in the dictionary

  1. swing-bys
  2. swing-stock
  3. swing-stocks
  4. swing-swang
  5. swing-swangs
  6. swing-wing
  7. swingability
  8. swingable
  9. swingarm
  10. swingarms
  11. swingback

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