winglet

English

Winglet on 737-800

Etymology

wing +‎ -let

Noun

winglet (plural winglets)

1. A little wing.
2. (aeronautics) A winglike structure at a wingtip set at an angle to the plane of the wing designed to reduce drag by its effect on wingtip vortices.
3. The bastard wing or alula of a bird.
4. The pterygium of a weevil.

Synonyms

• (wingtip device): sharklet

Translations

a small wing

• Finnish: siiveke (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: szkrzydełko n

winglike structure at a wingtip

• Finnish: siipiuloke, winglet
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

See also

• wing fence
• Wingtip device on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Template:commonslite

Anagrams

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