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  • 1Center of pressure — The center of pressure is the point on a body where the sum total of the aerodynamic pressure field acts, causing a force and no moment about that point. Mathematically it can be said that the net pressure force on the body acts through this… …

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  • 2Chord (aircraft) — Cross section of an airfoil showing chord and chord length The various chords on the planfor …

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  • 3Chord (geometry) — A chord of a circle is a geometric line segment whose endpoints both lie on the circumference of the circle. A secant or a secant line is the line extension of a chord. More generally, a chord is a line segment joining two points on any curve,… …

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  • 4center-of-pressure travel — i. The linear distance the center of pressure travels along a chord over the entire range of angles of attack, ignoring the effects of compressibility and subsonic flow. The center of pressure moves forward as the angle of attack increases until… …

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  • 5Chord progression — IV V I progression in C  Play (help· …

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  • 6Chord chart — For Feynman s slash notation in Quantum Field Theory, see Feynman slash notation A chord chart.  Play …

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  • 7Chord Board — The Chord Board is a color coded slide rule that displays the notes necessary to form or transpose chords in music. The multi colored chart is a 2 octave piano keyboard with numbered note positions and a center slide that displays the notes.… …

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  • 8Center of mass — In physics, the center of mass of a system of particles is a specific point at which, for many purposes, the system s mass behaves as if it were concentrated. The center of mass is a function only of the positions and masses of the particles that …

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  • 9chord — An imaginary straight line joining the center of the leading and trailing edges of a cross section of an airfoil. The mean chord is used as a reference datum for laying out the curve of the airfoil. Also called a chord line …

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  • 10chord line — An imaginary line joining the center of the leading and trailing edge of an airfoil. It is used as a reference or datum for laying out the curve of the airfoil. Also referred to as a chord. See chord length …

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