droop nose

droop nose

noun
1.
Aeronautics.
a.
a downward-sloping, adjustable aircraft nose, which increases visibility for the pilot during takeoff and landing.
b.
an aircraft with this type of nose.
c.
an adjustable flap at the leading edge of an aircraft wing.
2.
a motor vehicle with a downward-sloping nose.
Also, droop-nose.
Also called droop snoot, droop-snoot, droop-snoot·er.

droop-nosed, adjective
droop-nos·er, noun
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Droop nose is always a great word to know.
So is shear stress. Does it mean:
external force acting on an object or surface parallel to the slope or plane
ratio between amount by which a body is skewed and its length
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