wingspan
pronunciation
How to pronounce wingspan in British English:
UK [ˈwɪŋspæn]
How to pronounce wingspan in American English:
US [ˈwɪŋˌspæn]
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- Noun:
- linear distance between the extremities of an airfoil
Word Origin
- wingspan (n.)
- also wing-span, 1894, from wing (n.) + span (n.1).
Example
- 1. The plane had a wingspan of 400 feet and could carry 22 passengers plus baggage .
- 2. Sculpted in 1984 , it is made of steel and has a wingspan of 15 feet .
- 3. Overhead an almost silent drone aircraft with a four-foot wingspan transmits images of the buildings below .
- 4. From the image , does the rainbow plane have the same ratio of length to wingspan as listed ?
- 5. The aircraft , known as hb-sia , has the wingspan of a jumbo jet but just a tiny single-person cockpit .