having or resembling wings
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wing-shaped
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Editorial note
One ends up flying a wing-shaped carbon-fiber fuel tank.
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having or resembling wings
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Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for wing-shaped.
adjective
having or resembling wings
Example sentences
One ends up flying a wing-shaped carbon-fiber fuel tank.
Wing fuel tanks are roughly wing-shaped, meaning no increase to cross section. Hydrogen would require sets of cylinders, which add walls which add weight yet don't directly aid the engineering constraints, or exist outside the current flight envelope, adding drag.
On all 737s of any vintage, the controls really are still directly, physically connected, by steel cables, to the control surfaces -- the hinged bits at the back edges of wings and wing-shaped things. But there are hydraulics that also yank on the cables, and other stuff yanks on the control column, to doctor the pilot's experience.
Little more detail: > As a unique part of the design, 60% of the lift is produced aerostatically by being Lighter-Than-Air and a further 40% lift is generated aerodynamically by having a wing-shaped hull. The engines can be rotated to provide an additional 25% of thrust up or down, to help landing, take-off and hover.
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How do you use wing-shaped in a sentence?
One ends up flying a wing-shaped carbon-fiber fuel tank.
What does wing-shaped mean?
having or resembling wings
What part of speech is wing-shaped?
wing-shaped is commonly used as adjective.