airfoil curvature

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• camber — i. The curvature of an airfoil above and below the chord line surface. It is the distance between the mean camber line and the chord line. Where the mean camber line lies above the chord line, the airfoil is said to have a positive camber.… …   Aviation dictionary

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• Chord (aircraft) — Cross section of an airfoil showing chord and chord length The various chords on the planfor …   Wikipedia

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