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/sweep"bak'/, n. Aeron.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.[1915-20; n. use of v. phrase sweep back]
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sweepback — [swēp′bak΄] n. 1. a backward slant of an airfoil, esp. of a wing 2. the angle formed by some reference line along an airplane wing and the lateral axis of the airplane … English World dictionary
sweepback — noun Date: 1914 the backward slant of an airplane wing in which the outer portion of the wing is downstream from the inner portion … New Collegiate Dictionary
sweepback — noun the rearward angle of the leading edge of a wing, or airfoil … Wiktionary
sweepback — n. (Aviation) backward slope of an airplane wing created by having the outer section of the wing downstream from the inner section … English contemporary dictionary
sweepback — noun the angle at which an aircraft s wing is set back from a right angle to the body … English new terms dictionary
sweepback — sweep•back [[t]ˈswipˌbæk[/t]] n. aer. the shape of, or the angle formed by, an airplane wing or other airfoil whose leading or trailing edge slopes backward from the fuselage • Etymology: 1915–20 … From formal English to slang
sweepback — /ˈswipbæk/ (say sweepbak) noun the shape of, or the angle formed by, an aeroplane wing whose leading or trailing edges slope backwards. {sweep1 + back2} …
sweepback — n. the angle at which an aircraft s wing is set back from a position at right angles to the body … Useful english dictionary
swept back/sweepback — A wing planform in which the tip of the leading edge of the wing is behind the root of the leading edge. Some combat aircraft have a variable sweepback to permit operations at various speeds. Also known as backswept. Variable sweep back … Aviation dictionary
Short SB5 — infobox Aircraft name = SB/5 type = experimental aircraft manufacturer = Short Brothers caption = designer = first flight = 2 December 1952 introduced = retired = 1967, after a student at the Empire Test Pilot School inadvertently jettisoned the… … Wikipedia
