delta wing in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for delta wing in the English»French Dictionary

delta wing N

delta wing

aile f delta

Translations for delta wing in the French»English Dictionary

aile delta AVIAT

delta wing

un avion à ailes delta

a delta-wing plane

Translations for delta wing in the English»French Dictionary

delta [Brit ˈdɛltə, Am ˈdɛltə] N

1. delta (Greek letter):

delta

delta m also MATH

2. delta GEOG:

delta

delta m

3. delta Brit UNIV:

delta

note la plus basse

I.wing [Brit wɪŋ, Am wɪŋ] N

1. wing ZOOL (of bird, insect):

wing

aile f

to be on the wing

être en vol

to catch insects on the wing

attraper des insectes au vol

2. wing:

wing (of building, plane, car)

aile f

wing (of armchair)

oreille f

3. wing:

wing MIL, POL (of army, party)

aile f

wing (unit in air force)

escadre f

4. wing SPORTS:

wing (player)

ailier m

wing (side of pitch)

aile f

wing (side of pitch)

côté m

to play on the right wing

être ailier droit

5. wing (on sanitary towel):

wing

ailette f

wing

clip m

II.wings N npl

1. wings THEAT:

the wings

les coulisses fpl

to be waiting in the wings THEAT

attendre dans les coulisses

to be waiting in the wings fig

attendre son heure

2. wings AVIAT:

to get one's wings

obtenir l'insigne de pilote

III.wing [Brit wɪŋ, Am wɪŋ] VB trans

1. wing:

to wing one's way to plane, passenger, letter:

voler vers

2. wing (injure):

wing bullet:

érafler

IV.wing [Brit wɪŋ, Am wɪŋ] VB intr (fly)

wing

voler

the geese are winging into the estuary/back to their winter home

les oies volent vers l'estuaire/repartent pour l'hiver

V.wing [Brit wɪŋ, Am wɪŋ]

to clip sb's wings

rogner les ailes à qn

to spread one's wings (entering adult life)

voler de ses propres ailes

to spread one's wings (entering wider career)

voir autre chose

to take sb under one's wings

prendre qn sous son aile

to take wing liter thoughts:

s'envoler

to wing it inf Am

improviser

delta wing in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for delta wing in the English»French Dictionary

delta wing N AVIAT

delta wing

aile f delta

Translations for delta wing in the English»French Dictionary

delta [ˈdeltə, Am -t̬ə] N GEO

delta

delta m

I.wing [wɪŋ] N

1. wing ZOOL:

wing

aile f

on the wing

en vol

2. wing AVIAT, AUTO:

wing

aile f

3. wing POL:

wing

aile f

the left/right wing

parti m de gauche/droite

4. wing SPORTS:

wing

aile f

wing (player)

ailier m

to play (on the) left/right wing

être ailier gauche/droit

5. wing pl THEAT:

wing

coulisses fpl

6. wing pl (pilot's badge):

wing

insigne m

to earn one's wings

devenir pilote m (dans l'armée de l'air)

Phrases:

to take sb under one's wing

prendre qn sous son aile

II.wing [wɪŋ] VB trans

1. wing (wound):

wing bird

blesser à l'aile

wing person

blesser au bras

2. wing (travel fast):

to wing one's way

voler

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Kingfisher is in the shape of cropped delta wing with winglets, which is pointing downward.

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The 45-degree delta wing (of carbon composite construction and double-wedge airfoil) aids pitch-up and provides some lift.

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The high mounted delta wing of the aircraft had a wingspan of only 21 ft (6.4 m) and was capped with flat endplates.

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The cockpit was located in the nose of the fuselage, and was mounted forward of the delta wing, which featured downturned wing tips.

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The design featured a small shoulder-mounted delta wing with down-turned tips, an all-moving swept tailplane and a large all-moving fin.

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Despite the changes the two aircraft remained similar, sharing the delta wing design, semi-circular air intakes and general configuration.

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Almost universally, the designs were small, fully reusable, and based around delta wing or lifting body spaceplanes.

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The wing design required a long main landing gear that still had to fit within the thin delta wing, presenting an engineering challenge.

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A model airplane that he built with a delta wing won a competition in his self-design class.

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One example is the winged orbit vehicle that uses a delta wing for maneuvering during descent much like a conventional glider.

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