Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The science of the motion and equilibrium of air and other gases, comprising aerodynamics and aerostatics.
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- noun physics The branch of
mechanics that deals with themotion ofgases ; it comprisesaerostatics andaerodynamics - noun Plural form of
aeromechanic .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the branch of mechanics that deals with the motion of gases (especially air) and their effects on bodies in the flow
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Examples
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The NASA committee concluded that there were “no known aeromechanics phenomena that would stop the safe and orderly development and deployment of the V-22.”
The Dream Machine Richard Whittle 2010
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The NASA committee concluded that there were “no known aeromechanics phenomena that would stop the safe and orderly development and deployment of the V-22.”
The Dream Machine Richard Whittle 2010
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The NASA committee concluded that there were “no known aeromechanics phenomena that would stop the safe and orderly development and deployment of the V-22.”
The Dream Machine Richard Whittle 2010
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When thrown with little or no spin, a baseball bobs about in seemingly random ways as the seam intermittently breaks the boundary layer of air around the ball in flight, altering the aeromechanics and causing a deflection to its trajectory.
Soccer's Knuckleball 2006
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Cleared fan aeromechanics through a wide operating range, in support of current testing at both Evendale and the USAF Arnold Engineering Development
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Cleared fan aeromechanics through a wide operating range, in support of current testing at both Evendale and the USAF Arnold Engineering Development
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Cleared fan aeromechanics through a wide operating range, in support of current testing at both Evendale and the USAF Arnold Engineering Development
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Cleared fan aeromechanics through a wide operating range, in support of current testing at both Evendale and the USAF Arnold Engineering Development
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Cleared fan aeromechanics through a wide operating range, in support of current testing at both Evendale and the USAF Arnold Engineering Development
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Knowledge of added body masses that interact with fluid is necessary in various research and applied tasks of hydro - and aeromechanics: steady and unsteady motion of rigid bodies, total vibration of bodies in fluid, local vibration of the external plating of different structures.
ebookshare 2009
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