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Meaning of "sweepback" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SWEEPBACK

sweepback  [ˈswiːpˌbæk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SWEEPBACK

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Sweepback is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SWEEPBACK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

sweepback

Swept wing

A swept wing is a wing planform favored for high subsonic and supersonic speeds, and is found on almost all jet aircraft in one form or another, as well as some high speed propeller aircraft. Compared with straight wings common to slower aircraft, they have a "swept" wing root to wingtip direction angled beyond the spanwise axis. This has the effect of delaying the drag rise caused by fluid compressibility near the speed of sound, increasing performance. The concept was first investigated in Germany as early as 1935, but it found no application until just before the end of the Second World War. Swept wings became common on second-generation post-war fighters like the MiG-15 and F-86 Sabre, which demonstrated a decisive superiority over the slower first generation of straight-wing jet fighters during the Korean War. Since then swept wings have become almost universal on all but the slowest jets. The term "swept wing" is normally used to mean "swept back", but other swept variants include forward sweep, variable sweep wings and pivoting wings. The delta wing also incorporates the same advantages as part of its layout.

Definition of sweepback in the English dictionary

The definition of sweepback in the dictionary is the rearward inclination of a component or surface, such as an aircraft wing, fin, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SWEEPBACK


bareback
ˈbɛəˌbæk
callback
ˈkɔːlˌbæk
cashback
ˈkæʃˌbæk
comeback
ˈkʌmˌbæk
cornerback
ˈkɔːnəˌbæk
drawback
ˈdrɔːˌbæk
feedback
ˈfiːdˌbæk
flashback
ˈflæʃˌbæk
hatchback
ˈhætʃˌbæk
hold-back
ˈhəʊldˌbæk
horseback
ˈhɔːsˌbæk
humpback
ˈhʌmpˌbæk
outback
ˈaʊtˌbæk
paperback
ˈpeɪpəˌbæk
payback
ˈpeɪˌbæk
playback
ˈpleɪˌbæk
quarterback
ˈkwɔːtəˌbæk
snapback
ˈsnæpˌbæk
splashback
ˈsplæʃˌbæk
throwback
ˈθrəʊˌbæk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SWEEPBACK

sweeney
sweeny
sweep
sweep hand
sweep something under the carpet
sweep the board
sweep-saw
sweeper
sweeping
sweepingly
sweepingness
sweepings
sweepstake
sweepstakes
sweepy
sweer
sweet
sweet alison
sweet alyssum
sweet basil

WORDS THAT END LIKE SWEEPBACK

back
back to back
back-to-back
bounce back
fallback
fight back
get back
go back
hold back
laid-back
look back
lower back
negative feedback
pat on the back
positive feedback
setback
sit back
slap on the back
take back
upper back

Synonyms and antonyms of sweepback in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sweepback» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SWEEPBACK

Find out the translation of sweepback to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
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Translator English - Chinese

后掠角
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sweepback
570 millions of speakers

English

sweepback
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

sweepback
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

sweepback
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

стреловидности
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sweepback
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

sweepback
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

flèche de
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sweepback
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Pfeilung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

後退角
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

sweepback
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sweepback
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sweepback
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

sweepback
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्वीपबॅक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

geriye meyilli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ali a freccia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

skosu dodatniego
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

стреловідності
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

curgerii inverse
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γωνίας βέλους
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sweepback
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pilform
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sweepback
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sweepback

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SWEEPBACK»

The term «sweepback» is used very little and occupies the 155.897 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SWEEPBACK» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sweepback

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SWEEPBACK»

Discover the use of sweepback in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sweepback and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge, 2009
This is the primary reason for the development of the T-tail configuration on many turbine-powered aircraft, which places the horizontal stabilizer as far as practical from the turbulence of the wings. Sweepback Most of the difficulties of transonic ...
Transportation Department, Federal Aviation Administration, Flight Standards Service
2
Eshbach's Handbook of Engineering Fundamentals
6.66 Effect of compressibility and sweepback on drag of NACA 00012 airfoil with aspect ratio 6. component perpendicular to the leading edge (l^.cosALE) is less than free-stream velocity; it is this component that determines the magnitude of ...
Ovid Wallace Eshbach, Byron D. Tapley, Thurman R. Poston, 1990
3
Synthesis of Subsonic Airplane Design: An Introduction to ...
Angle of sweepback. The previous section has made it clear that the wing sweepback should not be more than the minimum required. For cruising speeds of up to about M - .65 to .70 compressibility effects can be catered for with a straight ...
Egbert Torenbeek, 1982
4
Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge
A detailed index and full glossary make this book easy to navigate and useful in quick reference situations.
Federal Aviation Administration, 2009
5
Popular Science
How a straightedge and a scale are used to measure the sweepback of a model airplane wing. The scale should be ... Some wings embody all these points, while others may, or may not, have camber, dihedral, or sweepback. Any plans from ...
6
New Scientist
by E. COLSTON SHEPHERD SINCE the Swallow, the variable sweepback aeroplane designed by Dr. Barnes Wallis, passed into the hands of the Mutual Aid Authority, with United States and British Government finance behind it, the project ...
7
Biomechanics and Medicine in Swimming IX: Proceedings of the ...
maximum thrusts are obtained at a=90° different from The maximal values of characteristics 77, CT are plotted as a function of sweepback angle f in Fig. 7(a) and (b). The results are: (i) The maximum thrust can be obtained when #=90° or ...
Jean-Claude Chatard, 2003
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Aerodynamics: Selected Topics in the Light of Their ...
He had heard of Robert Jones's ideas about sweepback, but the Volkenrode data were the first experimental results he had seen. It is related that Schairer wired back to his home office: "Stop the bomber design" and that this led to the birth of ...
Theodore Von Kármán, 2004
9
Principles of Helicopter Aerodynamics with CD Extra
A distinctive feature of the BERP blade is the use of high sweepback over the tip region, which as mentioned previously, is an effective means of reducing compressibility effects and delaying their effects on the rotor to a higher advance ratio.
J. Gordon Leishman, 2006
10
The Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine: An IOC Medical ...
The form of the propelling segment and the sweepback angle also influence the magnitude of CDX and FD at different angles of attack (Table 10.2). Normal component of hydrodynamic reaction— hydrodynamic lift (L) Streamlining of the hand ...
V. Zatsiorsky, 2008

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