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Meaning of "wing tip" in the English dictionary

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WING TIP

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Wing tip is a noun.
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WHAT DOES WING TIP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Wing tip

A wing tip is the part of the wing that is most distant from the fuselage of a fixed-wing aircraft. Because the wing tip shape influences the size and drag of the wingtip vortices, tip design has produced a diversity of shapes, including: ▪ Squared-off ▪ Aluminium tube bow ▪ Rounded ▪ Hoerner style ▪ Winglets ▪ Drooped tips ▪ Raked wingtips ▪ Tip tanks ▪ Sails ▪ Fences ▪ End plates Winglets have become popular additions to high speed aircraft wanting to increase fuel efficiency by reducing drag from wingtip vortices. In lower speed aircraft, the effect of the wingtip shape is less apparent, with only a marginal performance difference between round, square, and Hoerner style tips. The slowest speed aircraft, STOL aircraft, may use wingtips to shape airflow for controlability at low airspeeds. Wing tips are also an expression of aircraft design style, so their shape may be influenced by marketing considerations as well as by aerodynamic requirements. Wing tips are often used by aircraft designers to mount navigation lights, anti-collision strobe lights, landing lights, handholds, and identification markings.

Definition of wing tip in the English dictionary

The definition of wing tip in the dictionary is the outermost edge of a wing.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WING TIP

wing and wing
wing back
wing beat
wing bow
wing case
wing chair
wing collar
wing commander
wing covert
wing flap
wing it
wing loading
wing mirror
wing nut
wing shot
wing three-quarter
wing-case
wing-footed
wing-forward

WORDS THAT END LIKE WING TIP

beautiful hook-tip
felt tip
fiber-tip
fibre-tip
filter tip
fingertip
hook-tip
orange-tip
overtip
Q-tip
rubbish tip
tip

Synonyms and antonyms of wing tip in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «wing tip» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WING TIP

Find out the translation of wing tip to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of wing tip from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «wing tip» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

翼尖
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

punta del ala
570 millions of speakers

English

wing tip
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विंग टिप
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

طرف الجناح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

крыло наконечник
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ponta da asa
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উইং টিপ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

extrémité de l´aile
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ujung sayap
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Flügelspitze
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

翼端
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

윙 팁
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ujung swiwi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đầu cánh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விங் முனை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विंग टिप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kanat ucusu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

punta dell´ala
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

końcówka skrzydła
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

крило наконечник
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sfat aripă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ακροπτερυγίου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vleugeltip
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vingspetsen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vingespiss
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WING TIP»

The term «wing tip» is regularly used and occupies the 83.858 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WING TIP» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WING TIP»

Discover the use of wing tip in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to wing tip and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Flying Aircraft Carriers of the USAF: Wing Tip Coupling
The coupling mechanism incorporated a pitch lock near the trailing edge of the wing tip. During cruise flight, the pitch lock was housed in a well on the wing tip. It was extended from the well to engage a matching receiver on the wing tip of the ...
Brian Lockett, 2009
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New Results in Numerical and Experimental Fluid Mechanics V: ...
Numerical analysis of transport aircraft using different wing tip devices TH. STREIT1, A. RONZHEIMER1, A. BÜSCHER2 Institute of Aerodynamics and Flow Technology, DLR Braunschweig, Lilienthalplatz 7, 38108 Braunschweig, Germany ...
Hans Josef Rath, Carsten Holze, Hans-Joachim Heinemann, 2007
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Fluid Vortices: Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications
These contrails, which are formed by the condensation of engine exhaust water vapour, clearly delineate the location of the wing tip vortices. The contrails are often the first - and perhaps the only - exposure most of us have to wing tip vortices ...
Sheldon I. Green, 1995
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Popular Science
Wing-tip. dynamos. spin. out. extra. power. Air swirls produced by an aircraft's wing tips create drag at cruise speed. Experimental tip-mounted turbines use the spinning air to generate electricity or drive pumps. II By DAWN STOVER This ...
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LOCKHEED T - 33: FLIGHT MANUAL - 6
Momentarin depress forward cockpit external jettison switch. Both the l€££“llflfid and tight~l2ancl wing tip tanlc release solenoids will operate. ai. Momentarily depress rear cockpit external stores jettison switch. Both the left and riglitehand wing ...
COSTARMAEREO, 1973
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Principles of Flight for Pilots
Winglets are often used to decrease the induced drag they also decrease the value of VIMD but have the penalty of increased parasite drag; fitting wing tip fuel tanks has the same benefits and penalties. In straight and level flight at a constant ...
Peter J. Swatton, 2011
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Development of a Wing-tip Vortex with Spanwise Jets
Wing-tip trailing vortices were formed by immersing a rectangular NACA 0015 wing with an aspect ratio of 5 in a wind tunnel at a chord Reynolds' number of 105.
Sean D. Richardson, 2006
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LOCKHEED P-80 SHOOTING STAR: FLIGHT MANUAL 6
1 all 20-175080R : TIP AlSSeIl'IblÍI rWing (Production assembly, see 175080- 600R for eng'r ref.) . .. . 1 all 178234L I InstaIlation |- ing tip modification (See fig. 1 for using assy.) ................ Ref all 178234R l IlItsta lation I- Wìng tip modification ...
COSTARMAEREO, 1947
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New Scientist
Andy H oft on Wing-tip attachments developed is a freelance in Britain can lead to reductions journalist specialising approaching 10 per cent in the fuel in aviation technology consumption of transport aircraft. These small auxiliary surfaces, ...
10
the masked canary
HARSHLY: I'm a busy man, very busy. (Reads.) "Wing Tip, ancient Chinese philosopher, now touring the American West, available for witty sayings and tea brewing." (Annoyed.) Who put you up to this? WING TIP: Please? HARSHLY: Is this a ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WING TIP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term wing tip is used in the context of the following news items.
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Wing debris same as missing Malaysia plane
French aviation experts will examine an aircraft wing tip — possibly a flap — and other debris to determine whether it came from the Boeing 777-200ER, which ... «USA TODAY, Jul 15»
2
Got a WING Tip for Ya' Right Here
There were more than a few cornball headlines about Friday's IPO of Wingstop (NASDAQ:WING). Throughout the past year, the stock market has experienced a ... «Wall Street Sector Selector, Jun 15»
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Student pilot lands F-16 with wing sheared off after midair collision
... Guard Base, Oklahoma, where both pilots belonged to the 138th Fighter Wing. ... the student pilot's jet had 5 feet of its right wing tip cut off from the collision. «CBS News, Feb 15»
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Just the Tip: Why Don't We Eat the Whole Chicken Wing?
"If I'm eating wings, I feel like I'm getting robbed if I don't get the wing tip," says John Thurmond of The Other Guys, a newish S.F. pop-up that serves some of the ... «SF Weekly, Aug 14»
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Water salute for Japan Airlines Dreamliner goes awry at Tampa …
She said the boom broke a light on the edge of the right wing. ... The video appeared to show the right wing tip getting caught beneath the water cannon's boom ... «Tampabay.com, Jun 14»
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Southwest Airlines launches new wing tip design to save fuel
Passengers on a Southwest Airlines flight from Phoenix to Denver may have noticed something different about the wing tips Thursday. The new so-called split ... «Triangle Business Journal, Apr 14»
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America's chicken-wing disgrace: Why you should skip this snack on …
The wing tips, unpopular in the U.S., are usually shipped to Asia. Every four wings in your typical bucket, then, are equivalent to one fully grown chicken. «Salon, Jan 14»
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British Airways B744 at Johannesburg on Dec 22nd 2013, took …
About 6 meters of the right hand wing tip sliced through about 20 meters of the building effectively separating the roof from the building. South Africa's CAA ... «The Aviation Herald, Dec 13»
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Minix wing tip device promises 6% gain in fuel efficiency for airliners
The Minix wing tip can be retrofitted to any aircraft wing. Its cylindrical shape prevents the airstream from trying to 'curl' around the edge of the wing, which is how ... «Gizmag, Jun 10»
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Passenger plane evacuated after runway collision
The Southwest flight was fully loaded when a passenger reported seeing the FedEx plane clip the wing of the Southwest jet, slicing off its wing tip. «KSL-TV, Nov 09»

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