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airfoil

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Purjetamise terminibaas

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  • Eseme, nagu näiteks tera, tiiva või purje kuju, ümber mille on õhk sunnitud voolama ühelt poolt kiiremini kui teiselt poolt, mille tulemusena tekib tõstejõud. (Märkus: ei ole traditsiooniline merendustermin, kuid kasutatakse sageli ees- ja tagapurjede puhul, et kirjeldada laeva tuude purjetamise võimalikkust.)
  • a shape of material, such as a blade, wing or sail, over which air is forced to flow faster on one side than the other causing lift
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  • Not a traditional nautical term, but often applied to the shape of a fore and aft sail to explain its capacity to drive a ship to weather.
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