Winglet

Word WINGLET
Character 7
Hyphenation wing let
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Definitions and meanings of "Winglet"

What do we mean by winglet?

A small or rudimentary wing. noun

A short, almost vertical stabilizing fin projecting from the tip of an aircraft wing. noun

A little wing. noun

The pterygium, a lateral expansion on each side of the end of the rostrum, found in many weevils. noun

A little wing; a very small wing. noun

A bastard wing, or alula. noun

A winglike structure at a wingtip set at an angle to the plane of the wing designed to reduce drag by its effect on wingtip vortices. noun

A little wing.

A winglike structure at a wingtip set at an angle to the plane of the wing designed to reduce drag by its effect on wingtip vortices.

The bastard wing or alula of a bird.

The pterygium of a weevil.

Winglet is a sweet word for "butterfly". It could be better used by poets Urban Dictionary

The end part of the wing that is slightly curved up to prevent Aerodynamic Drag Urban Dictionary

Have you ever been eating some damn good kentucky fried chicken and then you come across a chicken wing that seems too small? It's not quite enough to call it a chicken wing. Urban Dictionary

The upper portion of a butt crack, often visible when someone bends over with pants that don’t fit properly. Urban Dictionary

A British slang term for a total loser. Urban Dictionary

Winglets is a collective term for a group of people you get along with. Derived from sharing wings with friends being a bonding activity. Urban Dictionary

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The word "winglet" in example sentences

In addition to new methods of providing service, Cessna is also expanding the types of support available through the company's Citation Service Network to include structural enhancements such as winglet installation for the Citation X and glass cockpit upgrades for a variety of early edition Citations. ❋ Unknown (2009)

E.g. I don't mind KC-135, since if you look at the info, it's not actually the KC-135 (a military tanker) that you're voting on, but rather the successful NASA winglet technology mission. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Sharkey looked out the window, the sky was clear; the rainforest stretched out as far as the horizon, but there was a jagged edge at the end of the wing, where the five-foot-tall winglet was supposed to be. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I don't wet the bed at night after reading stories about a new commercial aviation winglet development, airport scanner, or A380 toilet tender announcement. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The left winglet had torn away, leaving a jagged stump, the left wing had bent upward, and along its upper surface some of the skin was separating from the internal structure. ❋ Langewiesche, William (2009)

A passenger came to the cockpit and said, “You know we lost a winglet?” ❋ Langewiesche, William (2009)

To me they had the worth of the winglet of the gnat ❋ Unknown (2006)

KRIS VAN CLEAVE, WJLA REPORTER: This is not what you want to see looking out the window of your already-delayed flight to Dallas, the winglet of your regional jet stuck under the wing of a much larger Airbus 319. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Whatever fraction of a wing you have, there is a fall from which it will save your life where a slightly smaller winglet would not. ❋ Dawkins, Richard, 1941- (2006)

Each wing ended in an upright, inward-canted winglet. ❋ Douglass, Keith (2000)

To me they had the worth of the winglet of the gnat * When I fail to see thy form, when I look for thee in vain ❋ Anonymous (1855)

The combination of a larger winglet and other optimizations since the launch of the CRJ900 aircraft, give the CRJ900 NextGen regional jet excellent airfield and en-route fuel consumption. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Knudson said the left wingtip of the larger plane, as it proceeded on Taxiway B, clipped the tail of the smaller plane, slicing it with such force that its winglet remained lodged in the smaller plane's tail after they separated. ❋ Unknown (2011)

In a long talk by Skype on a recent day, he offered a few observations, including what he called the three unique identifiers of the submunitions: the winglet or vane near the fuze, the straight streamer and the angled holes in the weapon's fragmentation casing. ❋ By C. J. CHIVERS (2012)

The combination of a larger winglet and other optimizations since the launch of the CRJ900 aircraft program, give the CRJ900 NextGen regional jet excellent airfield performance and enroute fuel consumption. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The winglet option increases the Next-Generation 737's lead as the newest and most technologically advanced airplane in its class. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Blended winglet boast: 2 billion gallons of fuel saved ❋ Unknown (2010)

Look [what a] [beautiful] winglet is [flying] ❋ Andrius, 23 Years Old From Little Town Birzai (2008)

Person 1: Hey! [What's that] at the end of [the wing]? Person 2: It's a [winglet]! ❋ 1coolblockhead (2017)

[Sara]: Look at this [chicken wing] it's [so small] !! Em: Is it not a Winglet? ❋ Mimco (2009)

[Honey], [the plumber]’s [winglet] is showing! ❋ Posterboy69 (2020)

Hey man did you see that [Maurice] was a total [winglet], he uses discord to talk to his girlfriend that is [cheating] on him. ❋ Mauaph (2020)

'Hey [winglets], wanna [watch] [the game] tonight?' ❋ Winglet.kween (2019)

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