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单词 sweepback
释义

sweepback

[ sweep-bak ]
/ ˈswipˌbæk /

noun Aeronautics.

the shape of, or the angle formed by, an airplane wing or other airfoil the leading or trailing edge of which slopes backward from the fuselage.

Origin of sweepback

First recorded in 1915–20; noun use of verb phrase sweep back

Words nearby sweepback

Swedish vallhund, Sweelinck, sweeny, sweep, sweep account, sweepback, sweep check, sweeper, sweep hand, sweeping, sweepings
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British Dictionary definitions for sweepback

sweepback
/ (ˈswiːpˌbæk) /

noun

the rearward inclination of a component or surface, such as an aircraft wing, fin, etc
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