Used in a Sentence

wingspan

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for wingspan.

Editorial note

That's why birds get off the ground easily while a human powered airplane needs a hundred foot wingspan.

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Quick take

The distance from the left wingtip to the right wingtip (of a bird, airplane etc.).

Meaning at a glance

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noun

The distance from the left wingtip to the right wingtip (of a bird, airplane etc.).

noun

Synonym of arm span.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for wingspan.

noun

The distance from the left wingtip to the right wingtip (of a bird, airplane etc.).

noun

Synonym of arm span.

Example sentences

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That's why birds get off the ground easily while a human powered airplane needs a hundred foot wingspan.

2

Flying below radar half way round the world, the fuel requirements are going to be hideous and the wingspan massive.

3

Someone should calculate how big the wingspan would need to be to power a commercial airliner, probably the width of Texas?

4

Conversely, and in the case of the mini-PW, when you have virtually no wingspan, you aren't going to glide very far.

5

It's a spectrum between balsa-wood-and-rubber-band-kits and $4M-predator-drone (with a 48-foot wingspan and a 675-mile range).

6

I hope to be able to build a 10 foot wingspan RC model of the A-10 next year.

7

There's a concept called aspect-ratio, which is basically the relationship between the wingspan (left to right) and wing chord (front to back).

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Wait long enough on the website background video and you can see a six foot wingspan UAV flying itself through a parking garage.

9

Certainly not solar, Helios already had a larger wingspan than a 747-8.

10

I'm totally unsurprised that they had to make something with the wingspan of an Airbus to get this to work.

11

I vaguely recall that it required a plane with a very short wingspan (e.g.

12

The whole thing weighs 50kg and has a 23m wingspan.

Quote examples

1

I just bought a E-Flite Radian UMX, which is a stabilized and miniaturized (29" wingspan) version of a larger model (the 2M wingspan Parkzone Radian).

2

What he had were those images, sporadically placed along rolls of film as long as the wingspan of a Boeing 787." Can someone elaborate on this?

Proper noun examples

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Wingspan Technology, Philadelphia Suburbs (Blue Bell) We're looking for multiple software and DevOps engineers.

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Wingspan Technology is a small, family friendly software company headquartered in Blue Bell, PA.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use wingspan in a sentence?

That's why birds get off the ground easily while a human powered airplane needs a hundred foot wingspan.

What does wingspan mean?

The distance from the left wingtip to the right wingtip (of a bird, airplane etc.).

What part of speech is wingspan?

wingspan is commonly used as noun.