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ROTARY WING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rotary wing mean? 

ROTARY WING (noun)
  The noun ROTARY WING has 1 sense:

1. the long airfoil that rotates to provide the lift that supports a helicopter in the airplay

  Familiarity information: ROTARY WING used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ROTARY WING (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The long airfoil that rotates to provide the lift that supports a helicopter in the air

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

rotary wing; rotor blade

Hypernyms ("rotary wing" is a kind of...):

aerofoil; airfoil; control surface; surface (a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight)

Holonyms ("rotary wing" is a part of...):

main rotor (rotor consisting of large rotating airfoils on a single-rotor helicopter that produce the lift to support the helicopter in the air)


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