wind tunnel
nounDefinition of wind tunnel
: a tunnellike passage through which air is blown at a known velocity to investigate air flow around an object (such as an airplane part or model) placed in the passage
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That is, the scientists had to let a flock of goslings imprint on them so that when the birds matured, the humans could lead them into a wind tunnel and fit them with monitoring equipment. — Scientific American, "Test Pilot Geese, Planetary Wrecking Balls and Super AI Vision: The Week’s Best Science GIFs," 6 Sep. 2019 Heralded as the architect of America’s space program, Silverstein helped design supersonic wind tunnels. — Vince Guerrieri, Popular Mechanics, "That Time NASA Wanted to Build a Floating Airport on Lake Erie," 2 Aug. 2019 The city has granted Comic-Con permission to erect a temporary wind tunnel in front of the museum Wednesday through Sunday. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Comic-Con 2019: 50 things to see at this year’s Comic-Con," 17 July 2019 Their fashion, politics, music, movies and mores would blow away the old like cobwebs in a wind tunnel. — Leonard Pitts Jr - Miami Herald, The Mercury News, "Leonard Pitts Jr.: Fifty years later, Woodstock issues remain relevant," 13 Aug. 2019 Engineers are testing prototypes in a plasma wind tunnel and reckon the winning design will contain a low-melting-point alloy of zinc. — The Economist, "No one has yet been killed by re-entering space junk," 10 Aug. 2019 Aerospace scientists at the University of Colorado once leashed live dragonflies inside a wind tunnel. — Anchorage Daily News, "The dragonfly, Alaska’s state insect, is a nimble flying machine," 20 July 2019 Bigham recalled briefing the board on wind tunnel tests that outlined the safety parameters for flying the vehicle. — Sig Christenson, ExpressNews.com, "San Antonio engineer’s ‘Flying Bedstead’ helped put man on the moon," 19 July 2019 Because teams spend money on computer simulation and wind tunnel testing on any change, NASCAR has opted not to tweak the package, instead focused on working with Goodyear on a better tire at short tracks, O’Donnell said. — Bob Pockrass, USA TODAY, "NASCAR says 'eye test' and statistics prove 2019 package has elevated on-track passing," 11 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'wind tunnel.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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