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noun
An aircraft wing having a swept-back shape in the form of an isosceles triangle; used mostly on supersonic aircraft
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
an airplane with wings that give it the appearance of an isosceles triangle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: airplane, aeroplane, plane
History
From the triangular shape of the majuscule Greek letter delta (Δ).
Across languages
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