| 单词 | wind tunnel |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswind tunnel wind tunnel n. a tunnel-like apparatus for producing an air-stream of known velocity past models of aircraft, buildings, etc., in order to investigate flow or the effect of wind on the full-size object; also attributive, transferred, and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > mechanics > dynamics > fluid dynamics > [noun] > aerodynamics > wind tunnels air tunnel1805 tunnel1911 wind tunnel1911 wind-channel1918 smoke tunnel1931 spinning tunnel1934 hotshot1957 1911 Aeronaut. Jrnl. Oct. 53 The planes were tested in a ‘wind tunnel’. 1911 Aeronaut. Jrnl. Oct. 62 Wind tunnel experiments. 1922 Encycl. Brit. XXX. 19/1 Extensive wind-tunnel research has been carried out to find the best cross-section shape of wings. 1933 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 37 36 The aerodynamic characteristics were observed on a model of the airship in a wind tunnel. 1961 L. Mumford City in Hist. (1966) x. 355 Not by accident did the medieval townsman, seeking protection against winter wind, avoid creating such cruel wind~tunnels as the broad, straight street. 1970 New Scientist 23 July 194/2 Wind-tunnel tests..establish airflow patterns over ships. 1974 Times Lit. Suppl. 13 Dec. 1410/5 The Weimar Republic was above all a testing time, part of that great German wind tunnel in which ideas and principles, standards and personalities were subjected to the gale of history. 1983 Aviation News 8 Sept. 339/1 To compare inflight data with wind tunnel data for the same aircraft. 1985 Times 1 Mar. 3/3 The ultimate aim was C15, in every way a family car, using a very streamlined body already being tested in a wind tunnel. < as lemmas |
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