airfoil/aerofoil

airfoil/aerofoil
A body of such shape that the force exerted on it by its motion through a fluid has a larger component normal, or perpendicular, to the direction of the motion than along the direction of the motion. This force is in the form of lift or thrust. A wing is a typical airfoil. The shape of an airfoil varies depending upon its use. Wings, control surfaces, and turbine blades are all examples of airfoils. An airfoil section is parallel to an aircraft’s longitudinal axis and, in the case of aeroengines and rotors or propellers, perpendicular to a blade’s major axis.
Relative air flow passing over an airfoil produces lift and drag.

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