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Meaning of wind tunnel | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A test facility through which air is forced in a controlled manner so as to study the effects of flow around airfoils, aircraft, motor cars etc.

Equivalents

Dansk vindtunnel
Deutsch Windkanal
Ελληνικά αεροσήραγγα
Español túnel aerodinámico túnel de viento
Suomi tuulitunneli
Italiano galleria aerodinamica galleria del vento tunnel aerodinamico tunnel del vento
日本語 風洞
Polski tunel aerodynamiczny
Svenska vindtunnel

Examples

“But unlike many other tunnels that lay idle and decaying, Catesby has now found a new use as an aerodynamic wind tunnel for the motor industry.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

wind tunnel testing wind turbine wind up wind vane wind-bell wind-board

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