"airfoil" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: airfoils [plural]
Etymology: From air + foil. Etymology templates: {{af|en|air|foil}} air + foil Head templates: {{en-noun}} airfoil (plural airfoils)
  1. A structure shaped to produce lift when moving in air. Tags: Canada, US Categories (topical): Aviation Synonyms: foil Translations (structure shaped to produce lift when moving in air): vleugelprofiel [neuter] (Dutch), siipiprofiili (Finnish), profil d’aile [masculine] (French), Tragflächenprofil [neuter] (German), αεροτομή (aerotomí) [feminine] (Greek), aereiteog [feminine] (Irish), profilo alare [masculine] (Italian), 날개골 (nalgaegol) (Korean), 에어포일 (eeopoil) (Korean), aerofólio [masculine] (Portuguese), аэродинамический профиль (aerodinamičeskij profilʹ) [masculine] (Russian), perfil alar (Spanish), perfil aerodinámico (Spanish), perfil (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-airfoil-en-noun-Il5TWh5e Disambiguation of Aviation: 75 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 98 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 97 3 Disambiguation of 'structure shaped to produce lift when moving in air': 100 0
  2. A wing of an aircraft. Tags: Canada, US Synonyms: wing
    Sense id: en-airfoil-en-noun-GHWQQvj5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: aerofoil [British] Derived forms: airfoiled

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