airfoiled en · ADJ
Etymology
From airfoil + -ed.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Fitted with an airfoil.
As a jet barrels down a runway, the air above its airfoiled wings moves faster than the air below, creating a difference in air pressure that pulls and pushes the plane up.
2008 March 4, Natalie Angier, “Flapping Past Gravity’s Pull, Bat Has a Vortex at Its Wings”, in New York Times: