the imaginary straight line joining the leading edge and trailing edge of an aerofoil
another name for chord1 (sense 5)
Examples of 'chord line' in a sentence
chord line
For both of them, the sound pressure levels reached the maximum value in the direction perpendicular to the chord line.
Cun Dong Tang, Zhi Ping Wang, Yu Zhou Sima 2017, 'Systematical research on the aerodynamic noise of the high-lift airfoil based on FW-Hmethod', Journal of Vibroengineeringhttps://www.jvejournals.com/article/18531. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)