Wing

Wing

A wing is a type of fin with a surface that produces lift for flight or propulsion through the atmosphere, or through another gaseous or liquid fluid. As such, wings have an airfoil shape, a streamlined cross-sectional shape producing a useful lift to drag ratio.

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Famous quotes containing the word wing:

    “How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth,
    Stolen on his wing my three-and-twentieth year!”
    —John Milton (1608–1674)

    “Ignorance is the curse of God,
    Knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “the uncomfortable angels that rot
    On the slabs, a wing chipped here, an arm there:
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