"wind tunnel" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wind tunnels [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} wind tunnel (plural wind tunnels)
  1. A test facility through which air is forced in a controlled manner so as to study the effects of flow around airfoils, aircraft, motor cars etc. Categories (topical): Wind Derived forms: wind tunnel testing Related terms: water tunnel Translations (test facility): vindtunnel [common-gender] (Danish), tuulitunneli (Finnish), Windkanal [masculine] (German), αεροσήραγγα (aerosíranga) [feminine] (Greek), galleria del vento [feminine] (Italian), galleria aerodinamica [feminine] (Italian), vindtunnel [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), vindtunell [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), vindtunnel [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), tunel aerodynamiczny [masculine] (Polish), túnel aerodinámico [masculine] (Spanish), túnel de viento [masculine] (Spanish), vindtunnel [common-gender] (Swedish)

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