AERODYNAMIC FORCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does aerodynamic force mean? 

• AERODYNAMIC FORCE (noun)
  The noun AERODYNAMIC FORCE has 1 sense:

1. forces acting on airfoils in motion relative to the air (or other gaseous fluids)

  Familiarity information: AERODYNAMIC FORCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AERODYNAMIC FORCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Forces acting on airfoils in motion relative to the air (or other gaseous fluids)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("aerodynamic force" is a kind of...):

force ((physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "aerodynamic force"):

aerodynamic lift; lift (the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity)