airflown.
/ˈɛːfləʊ/, U.S. /ˈɛrˌfloʊ/ The flow of air; a current of air; spec. that encountered by the surface of an aircraft, vehicle, etc., in motion.
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1890 Science 4 Apr. 223/2 The velocity of air-flow through the main conduits would be nearly 15,000 linear feet per minute.
1915 Aeronautics 17 Nov. 327 Let us first see wherein mainly the behaviour of the air flow and its resistance differ from that prevailing in the case of a flat plane.
1940 E. C. Shepherd Britain's Air Power 18 The bomber began to take on a load of ice it had not expected—ice on the edge of the wing to spoil its shape and interfere with the air-flow.
1962 D. Slayton in J. Glenn et al. Into Orbit 22 When you are re-entering the atmosphere..you must get the capsule into a position where its blunt end is pointed straight down into the airflow.
1989 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 34 212 Figure 2.2 shows a negative glottal airflow during vocal cord closure.
1995 Flight Internat. 1 Mar. 24/3 The perforated lining of the plenum acts as a diffuser which gives a more uniform air flow into the engine compressor.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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