airfoil
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight
Types & categories
- device hypernym
- aileron hyponym
- elevator hyponym
- flaps hyponym
- horizontal stabilizer hyponym
- rotor blade hyponym
- rudder hyponym
- spoiler hyponym
- spoiler hyponym
- stabilizer hyponym
- vertical tail hyponym
- wing hyponym
Parts & wholes
- leading edge part meronym
- trailing edge part meronym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | leading edge |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | trailing edge |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | device |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | aileron |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | elevator |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | flaps |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | horizontal stabilizer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rotor blade |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rudder |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | spoiler |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | spoiler |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | stabilizer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | vertical tail |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | wing |