wind tunnel

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   a structure resembling a tunnel where air is blown at known velocities for testing parts of aircraft

   Broaderstructure

Questions about wind tunnel

What does wind tunnel mean?

wind tunnel means "a structure resembling a tunnel where air is blown at known velocities for testing parts of aircraft".

Is wind tunnel a common word?

wind tunnel is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.