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Strake meaning
An iron fitting of a traditional wooden wheel, such as a hub component or bearing (e.g., box, bushel), a cleat, or a rim covering. | A type of aerodynamic surface mounted on an aircraft fuselage to fine-tune the airflow. | Also used more generally to regulate fluid flow in pipes or vents to prevent turbulence or vortexes.
Example sentences (2)
He graduated from Strake Jesuit May 26 with his twin brother, Michael, who was the 2019 class valedictorian.
The program consists of retrofitting 737NGs' winglets by replacing the aluminum winglet tip cap with a new aerodynamically shaped "Scimitar" winglet tip cap and by adding a new Scimitar tipped Ventral Strake.