Variable Geometry

Variable geometry may refer to:

  • Wing_configuration#Variable_geometry ways to alter the shape of an aircraft's wings in flight in order to alter their aerodynamic properties
  • Multi-speed Europe, a proposed strategy for European integration

Famous quotes containing the words variable and/or geometry:

    “Walked forth to ease my pain
    Along the shore of silver streaming Thames,
    Whose rutty bank, the which his river hems,
    Was painted all with variable flowers,”
    —Edmund Spenser (1552?–1599)

    “... geometry became a symbol for human relations, except that it was better, because in geometry things never go bad. If certain things occur, if certain lines meet, an angle is born. You cannot fail. It’s not going to fail; it is eternal. I found in rules of mathematics a peace and a trust that I could not place in human beings. This sublimation was total and remained total. Thus, I’m able to avoid or manipulate or process pain.”
    —Louise Bourgeois (b. 1911)