aerodynamics

See also: aërodynamics

English

Alternative forms

• aërodynamics

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér

Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr

Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)

Ancient Greek ἀέρος (aéros)der.

English aero-

Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.

Proto-Hellenic *dunamai

Ancient Greek δῠ́νᾰμαι (dŭ́nămai)

Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis)

Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós)

Ancient Greek δῠνᾰμῐκός (dŭnămĭkós)lbor.

French dynamiqueder.

English dynamic

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icuslbor.

Old French -iquebor.

Middle English -ik

English -ic

Old English -as

Middle English -es

English -s

English -ics

English dynamics

English aerodynamics

From aero- +‎ dynamics. Compare French aérodynamique, German Aerodynamik, and Italian aerodinamica.

Pronunciation

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Noun

aerodynamics (uncountable)

2. The science of the dynamics of bodies moving relative to gases, especially the interaction of moving objects with the atmosphere.

   Hypernyms: fluid dynamics < dynamics

   Coordinate term: hydrodynamics

   He specializes in aerodynamics.

3. The aerodynamic properties of a particular object (typically a car or aircraft).

   Hypernyms: fluid dynamics < dynamics

   Coordinate term: hydrodynamics

   This type of airfoil doesn't have the right aerodynamics to achieve what they're trying to achieve.

   • 2024 April 3, Joe Holding, Rebecca Braybrook, “What do DRS, black and white flag, porpoising and more mean? F1 terms explained”, in Autosport‎^[1]:

     However, it can also make the aerodynamics more difficult to control, and it becomes much harder to stop the nose of the car scraping against the surface of the track.

Derived terms

• electroaerodynamics
• magneto-aerodynamics
• superaerodynamics

Related terms

• aerostatics

Translations

The science of the dynamics of bodies moving relative to gases

• Arabic: أَيْرُودِينَامِيَّة ? (ʔayrūdīnāmiyya), دِينَامِيكَا هَوَائِيَّة ? (dīnāmīkā hawāʔiyya)
• Asturian: aerodinámica f
• Belarusian: аэрадына́міка f (aeradynámika)
• Bulgarian: аеродина́мика (bg) f (aerodinámika)
• Catalan: aerodinàmica f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 空氣動力學 / 空气动力学 (zh) (kōngqìdònglìxué)

• Czech: aerodynamika (cs) f
• Danish: aerodynamik c
• Dutch: luchtstromingsleer f, aerodynamica (nl) f
• Esperanto: aerdinamiko, aerodinamiko, gasmovada scienco
• Estonian: aerodünaamika (et)
• Faroese: luftrørslulæra f, luftstreymafrøði f, luftstreymalæra f
• Finnish: aerodynamiikka (fi)
• French: aérodynamique (fr) f
• Galician: aerodinámica (gl) f
• Georgian: აეროდინამიკა (aerodinamiḳa)
• German: Aerodynamik (de) f
• Greek: αεροδυναμική (el) f (aerodynamikí)
• Hebrew: אוירודינמיקה (he) f (avirodinámika)
• Hindi: वायुगतिकी (hi) f (vāyugtikī)
• Hungarian: légerőtan (hu)
• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} loftaflfræði f
• Indonesian: aerodinamika (id)
• Irish: aeraidinimic f
• Italian: aerodinamica (it) f
• Japanese: 空気力学 (ja) (くうきりきがく, kūkirikigaku)
• Malay: aerodinamik (ms)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: aerodynamikk m

  Nynorsk: aerodynamikk m

• Polish: aerodynamika (pl) f
• Portuguese: aerodinâmica (pt) f
• Romanian: aerodinamică (ro) f
• Russian: аэродина́мика (ru) f (aerodinámika)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: аеродина̀мика f

  Latin: aerodinàmika (sh) f

• Slovak: aerodynamika f
• Slovene: áerodinámika f
• Spanish: aerodinámica (es) f
• Swedish: aerodynamik (sv) c
• Tagalog: hanginsigan, buhagsigan (tl)
• Telugu: వాయుగతిశాస్త్రము (vāyugatiśāstramu)
• Ukrainian: аеродина́міка (uk) f (aerodynámika)
• Vietnamese: khí động lực học (vi)

See also

• airflow
• air resistance
• drag