AERODYNAMIC

[air-oh-dahy-nam-iks]

aer·o·dy·nam·ics

[air-oh-dahy-nam-iks]
noun (used with a singular verb)
the branch of mechanics that deals with the motion of air and other gases and with the effects of such motion on bodies in the medium. Compare aerostatics (def. 1).

Origin:
1830–40; aero- + dynamics

aer·o·dy·nam·ic, aer·o·dy·nam·i·cal, adjective
aer·o·dy·nam·i·cal·ly, adverb
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Aerodynamic is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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aerodynamics (ˌɛərəʊdaɪˈnæmɪks)
 
n
(functioning as singular) Compare aerostatics the study of the dynamics of gases, esp of the forces acting on a body passing through air
 
aerody'namic
 
adj
 
aerody'namically
 
adv
 
aerody'namicist
 
n

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Designed to reduce or minimize the drag caused by air as an object moves though it or by wind that strikes and flows around an object. The wings and bodies of airplanes have an aerodynamic shape.
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