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51Wing Derringer — NOTOC Infobox Aircraft name=Derringer caption= type=Light twin engined touring monoplane manufacturer=Wing Aircraft designer=John Thorp first flight=1962 introduced= retired= status= primary user= more users= produced= number built=12 variants… …
52Wing Commander (novel series) — Several novels based on the Wing Commander games have been released by Baen Books. Freedom Flight The novel describes the Firekka campaign of the Tiger s Claw, featuring also the defection of Lord Ralgha (known as Hobbes in and III ). Published… …
53wing case — noun either of the horny front wings in beetles and some other insects which cover and protect the functional hind wings • Syn: ↑elytron • Hypernyms: ↑wing * * * noun : elytron 1 * * * Entomol. elytron. Also called wing cover. [ …
54Wing, John — (1923–) One of the key figures in social psychiatry at the Maudsley Hospital, Wing received his M.D. and Ph.D. from University College London. After serving in the Royal Navy during the Second World War, he joined the Institute of… …
55Wing (automotive) — ( for the panels around the wheels of a car see Fender (vehicle) A wing in this context is an aerodynamic device intended to reduce drag and/or generate downforce on an automobile, thereby helping the drive wheels to maintain traction at high… …
56wing-tip vortices — An area of extreme turbulence below an aircraft in flight caused by the high pressure below the wing spilling over the wing tip into low pressure on top of the wing producing a tight spiral, or a vortex of air. Wing tip vortices …
57Wing-tsit Chan — Professor Wing tsit Chan (陈荣捷) (Traditional Chinese : 陳榮捷) (August 18, 1901 August 12, 1994) was one of the world s leading scholars of Chinese philosophy and religion, active in the United States. Chan was born to a peasant family in rural… …
58Wing Yeung Chan — Chan Wing Yeung or Wing Yeung Chan (b. January 6, 1945) is a Chinese American mobster affiliated with the On Leong Merchant s Association and the Ghost Shadows of New York s Chinatown. His criminal record includes a conviction for possession of a …
59wing-tip sail — A wing tip device to produce a significant reduction in drag. At the tip of the wing, there is a strong upflow, as the air spills over from the underside. The sails are angled so that they generate a forward component of force, or negative drag.… …
60wing — 1. noun 1) a bird s wings Syn: literary pinion 2) the east wing of the house Syn: part, section, side; annex, extension, ell 3) the radical wing of the party Syn …
