Aerofoil

Definition: Aerofoil

Aerofoil

Noun

1. A device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight.

Domain	Definitions
Physics	A body so shaped as to produce an aerodynamic reaction normal to the direction of its motion through a fluid with minimum drag. Source: European Union. (references)
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Synonyms: Aerofoil

Synonyms: airfoil (n), control surface (n), surface (n). (additional references)

Domain	Title
Books	Aerofoil report: a study of the aerodynamic characteristics of racing cars fitted with aerofoils (reference) The Elements of Aerofoil and Airscrew Theory (reference) (more book examples)
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"Aerofoil" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 94.74% of the time. "Aerofoil" is used about 19 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	94.74%	18	82,615
Noun (common)	5.26%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	19	N/A

Expressions using "aerofoil": aerofoil section ♦ chord of aerofoil section ♦ length of chord of aerofoil. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "aerofoil": aerofoil-shaped, aerofoil-type.
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The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "aerofoil"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		bæreplan (airfoil). (various references)

Dutch		aërodynamisch profiel (airfoil), profiel (airfoil, edge-jointed layer, fillet, functional profile, functional standard, molding, moulding, pattern, profile, section, security profile, shape), draagvlak (airfoil, carriage, tumbler cant, wing). (various references)

Finnish		kantotaso (airfoil), kantopinta (airfoil, supporting surfaces). (various references)

French		surface portante, profil de voilure, profil aérodynamique. (various references)

German		aerodynamische Fläche (airfoil). (various references)

Greek		αεροτομή (airfoil). (various references)

Hungarian		szárnyszelvény. (various references)

Italian		piano a profilo aerodinamico (airfoil). (various references)

Manx		edjag. (various references)

Pig Latin		aerofoilay

Portuguese		perfil aerodinâmico (airfoil). (various references)

Spanish		superficie sustentadora (airfoil). (various references)

Swedish		vinge (pinion, vane, wing), bärplan (fin, hydrofoil, plane). (various references)

Turkish		kanatçık (aileron, vane), kanat (fin, flank, flanking, flap, leaf, limb, pinion, plane, ptero-, surface, Van, wing). (various references)

Ukranian		крило (airfoil, dashboard, mudguard, pinion, vane, wing), аеродинамічна поверхня, профіль крила (airfoil). (various references)

Vietnamese		cánh máy bay (airfoil). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "aerofoil": aerofoils. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Aerofoil" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aerofoils. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-f-i-l-o-o-r"
	-2 letters: ferial, flooie, florae, foliar, loafer, oorali, oriole.
	-3 letters: afire, afore, aloof, ariel, farle, feral, feria, filar, filer, flair, flare, flier, floor, flora, folia, folio, frail, lifer, loofa, looie, oiler, oorie, oriel, reoil, rifle.
	-4 letters: aero, alef, alif, aloe, aril, earl, fail, fair, fare, farl, faro, feal, fear, fiar, fila, file, filo, fire, flea, floe, foal, foil, fool, fora, fore, frae, froe, ilea, lair, lari, leaf, lear, liar, lief, lier, life, lira, lire, loaf, loof, lore, olea, oleo, olio, oral, orle, rail, rale, real, reif, rial, riel, rife, rile, roil, role, rolf, roof.
	-5 letters: ail, air, ale, are, arf, ear, elf, era, far, fer, fie, fil, fir, foe, for, fro, ire, lar, lea, lei, lie, loo, oaf, oar, oil, ole, ora, ore, ref, rei, ria, rif, roe.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-f-i-l-o-o-r"
	+1 letter: aerofoils.
	+2 letters: defoliator.
	+3 letters: defloration, defoliators, foolhardier, microflorae.
	+4 letters: deflorations, flavoprotein, foolhardiest, furazolidone, professional, professorial, trifoliolate.
	+5 letters: deformational, flameproofing, flavoproteins, foolhardiness, furazolidones, overinflation, passionflower, professionals, proliferation, reformational, reformulation, waterflooding.
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