rafwiren.

Brit.

/ˈrafwʌɪə/, U.S.

/ˈræfˌwaɪ(ə)r/

Forms: 1900s– RAFwire, 1900s– Rafwire, 1900s– rafwire, 1900s– raf-wire.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: English Royal Aircraft Factory , wire n.¹

Etymology: < raf-, as acronym < the initial letters of Royal Aircraft Factory , an institution at Farnborough (in Hampshire) where the wire was first developed (see quot. 1918) + wire n.¹

Aeronautics. Now historical.

A kind of wire with an elliptical, semi-streamlined cross-section, formerly used as bracing wire on aircraft.

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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [noun] > wires for structural support > types of wire

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rafwire1918

1918 W. E. Dommett Dict. Aircraft 38 Rafwire, wires of flattened section, approaching to streamline shape, designed originally at R.A.F.

1920 Techn. Rep. Advisory Comm. Aeronaut. 1915–16 15 Recent Laboratory tests have shown that raf-wires of the type developed at the Factory show little or no aerodynamic disadvantage as compared with wires of stream-line section.

1922 Encycl. Brit. XXX. 34/2 The elliptical-section wires were called ‘Rafwires’, to distinguish them when they were standardized.

1933 Flight 4 May 412/2 External bracing is by RAFwire.

1933 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 37 788 The ‘singing’ of a rafwire when yawed in the wind at an angle greater than the stalling angle is an example of this type of oscillation.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rafwire
释义	rafwiren. Brit. /ˈrafwʌɪə/, U.S. /ˈræfˌwaɪ(ə)r/ Forms: 1900s– RAFwire, 1900s– Rafwire, 1900s– rafwire, 1900s– raf-wire. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: English Royal Aircraft Factory , wire n.¹ Etymology: < raf-, as acronym < the initial letters of Royal Aircraft Factory , an institution at Farnborough (in Hampshire) where the wire was first developed (see quot. 1918) + wire n.¹ Aeronautics. Now historical. A kind of wire with an elliptical, semi-streamlined cross-section, formerly used as bracing wire on aircraft. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [noun] > wires for structural support > types of wire streamline1907 rafwire1918 1918 W. E. Dommett Dict. Aircraft 38 Rafwire, wires of flattened section, approaching to streamline shape, designed originally at R.A.F. 1920 Techn. Rep. Advisory Comm. Aeronaut. 1915–16 15 Recent Laboratory tests have shown that raf-wires of the type developed at the Factory show little or no aerodynamic disadvantage as compared with wires of stream-line section. 1922 Encycl. Brit. XXX. 34/2 The elliptical-section wires were called ‘Rafwires’, to distinguish them when they were standardized. 1933 Flight 4 May 412/2 External bracing is by RAFwire. 1933 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 37 788 The ‘singing’ of a rafwire when yawed in the wind at an angle greater than the stalling angle is an example of this type of oscillation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1918
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