Get to know Wingtip better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Wingtip meaning
- The extreme tip of the wing of an aircraft, bird, flying insect, etc.
- A part of a shoe, often with brogueing that extends backwards on both sides from the toe.
Using Wingtip
- The main meaning on this page is: The extreme tip of the wing of an aircraft, bird, flying insect, etc. | A part of a shoe, often with brogueing that extends backwards on both sides from the toe. | A part of a shoe, often with brogueing that extends backwards on both sides from the toe.
- In the example corpus, wingtip often appears in combinations such as: the wingtip, wingtip vortices, wingtip to.
Context around Wingtip
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Wingtip
- In this selection, "wingtip" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, southern, northern, brown, vortices, design and devices stand out and add context to how "wingtip" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include running at wingtip and 39 s wingtip rudders to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "wingtip" sits close to words such as abbeys, abundances and aced, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with wingtip
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A new wingtip was flown to Lisbon to complete repairs. (10 words)
It has hands - wingtip devices that are used to aim it. (11 words)
The largest specimen of Pteranodon longiceps from the Niobrara Formation measured convert from wingtip to wingtip. (16 words)
A Spitfire using its wingtip to "topple" a V-1 flying bomb In daylight, V-1 chases were chaotic and often unsuccessful until a special defence zone was declared between London and the coast, in which only the fastest fighters were permitted. (42 words)
A model Cessna with helium-filled bubbles showing pathlines of the wingtip vortices A wind tunnel is a tool used in aerodynamic research to study the effects of air moving past solid objects. (33 words)
By contrast, the visible cores of wingtip vortices are usually seen only at low altitude where the aircraft is travelling slowly after takeoff or before landing, and where the ambient humidity is higher. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Sirius served as the body of a "Great Bird" constellation called Manu, with Canopus as the southern wingtip and Procyon the northern wingtip, which divided the Polynesian night sky into two hemispheres.
The largest specimen of Pteranodon longiceps from the Niobrara Formation measured convert from wingtip to wingtip.
And the shoes are a light to medium brown wingtip, with contrasting color welt, and soft red rubber soles.
However, the standout feature was the fit, with the earbuds featuring a wingtip design that ensured the earbuds stayed secure throughout the day without becoming uncomfortable.
Plane is hard down until the wingtip is repaired and an A&P signs off on the repair.
The steady red light is on the left wingtip, and the green is on the right.
It has hands - wingtip devices that are used to aim it.
Adding power First flight of the Wright Flyer I, December 17, 1903, Orville piloting, Wilbur running at wingtip.
A model Cessna with helium-filled bubbles showing pathlines of the wingtip vortices A wind tunnel is a tool used in aerodynamic research to study the effects of air moving past solid objects.
A new wingtip was flown to Lisbon to complete repairs.
A Spitfire using its wingtip to "topple" a V-1 flying bomb In daylight, V-1 chases were chaotic and often unsuccessful until a special defence zone was declared between London and the coast, in which only the fastest fighters were permitted.
As the vortex sheet is convected downstream from the trailing edge, it rolls up at its outer edges, eventually forming distinct wingtip vortices.
By contrast, the visible cores of wingtip vortices are usually seen only at low altitude where the aircraft is travelling slowly after takeoff or before landing, and where the ambient humidity is higher.
Compared to the F-18L, the outboard weapons pylons are moved closer to the wingtip missile rails.
Engineering and technology First flight of the Wright Flyer I, December 17, 1903, Orville piloting, Wilbur running at wingtip.
In British service, the aircraft type was modified with "clipped" wings (convert was cut off each wingtip) for use on British aircraft carriers, under the designation Corsair Mk II.
It has wingtip extensions of convert and winglets of convert, which improve the type's fuel efficiency by four percent compared to previous 747 versions.
IV equipment, complete with an "arrowhead"-shaped transmission aerial mounted between the central Brownings, and receiving aerials through each outer wingtip, and it was painted in overall black RDM2a "Special Night" finish.
Later D and J series had nose mounted APS-3 radar; and later still, J and H series mounted radar in the starboard wingtip.
Lippisch changed the system of vertical stabilization for the DFS 194's airframe from the earlier DFS 39's wingtip rudders, to a conventional vertical stabilizer at the rear of the aircraft.
Common combinations with wingtip
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the wingtip 10×
- wingtip vortices 5×
- wingtip to 4×
- each wingtip 4×
- wingtip and 3×
- starboard wingtip 3×
- from wingtip 2×
- to wingtip 2×
- at wingtip 2×
- wingtip for 2×