Tip clearance is the distance between the tip of a rotating airfoil and a non-moving part.
- Gas turbine: Rotor blade and casing
- Propeller (ship or aircraft): Propeller and structure
- Ground tip clearance
- Wind turbine: blade and tower
Famous quotes containing the word tip:
“Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)