laminarizev.
/ˈlamɪnərʌɪz/ Aeronautics.
transitive. To design (an aircraft surface) so as to maximize the area over which the flow in the boundary layer is laminar.
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > construction and servicing aircraft or spacecraft > construct and service aircraft or spacecraft [verb (transitive)] > make streamlined
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1961 Aeroplane 101 428/1 This has been achieved by ‘laminarizing’ nearly half the metal skin of the airframe, including the fuselage forward of the cabin, and the leading-edges back to half-chord on the tailplane and fin. These surfaces are free from protruding rivet heads or skin overlap.
1966 D. Stinton Anat. Aeroplane 265 The most promising technique is to laminarize a large part of the surface of an aeroplane—70 per cent or more—to bring about greatly improved lift/drag ratios.
Derivatives
ˌlaminariˈzation n. the design or use of laminarized surfaces.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > a layer > [noun] > layered arrangement > laying up a layered structure > design or use of layered structure
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1960 Times 2 Sept. 6/3 The airliner would cruise at high subsonic speed, although laminarization was still effective above sonic speed.
1964 New Scientist 6 Feb. 329/3 Beyond the first generation supersonic airliner, which is already half-way towards being an all-lifting surface, the next step might be laminarisation..in combination with an all-wing design.
1966 D. Stinton Anat. Aeroplane 265 The conclusion is that laminarization leads to huge savings in fuel weight.
ˈlaminarized adj.
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1960 Times 2 Sept. 6/3 Handley Page are about to test in flight a complete laminarized wing.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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