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area rule

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.83 in modern English

Syllables
area rule
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A rule stating that an airplane designed with the same cross-sectional area distribution in the longitudinal direction as the Sears-Haack body generates the same wave drag as this body, largely independent of the actual shape; used in aerodynamics to reduce drag, typically by narrowing the fuselage at the wing roots.

Questions

What does area rule mean?
A rule stating that an airplane designed with the same cross-sectional area distribution in the longitudinal direction as the Sears-Haack body generates the same wave drag as this body, largely independent of the actual shape; used in aerodynamics to reduce drag, typically by narrowing the fuselage at the wing roots.

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