Wing

Wing

A wing is a type of fin with a surface that produces lift for flight or propulsion through the atmosphere, or through another gaseous or liquid fluid. As such, wings have an airfoil shape, a streamlined cross-sectional shape producing a useful lift to drag ratio.

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Famous quotes containing the word wing:

    “The evils of mortals are manifold; nowhere is trouble of the same wing seen.”
    —Aeschylus (525–456 B.C.)

    “As if her velvet helmet high
    Did turret rationality.
    She fans her wing up to the winde
    As if her Pettycoate were lin’de
    With reasons fleece, and hoises saile
    And humming flies in thankfull gaile”
    —Edward Taylor (1645–1729)

    “The wild touch of thy dye-dusty wing!
    I found that wing broken today!”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)