Look up: hydrofoil

1. Hydrofoil
   Ski like protrusion that holds the front of a vesel out of the water when at speed. Aids economy, reduces drag.
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2. hydrofoil
   [n] - a device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through 2. [n] - a speedboat that is equipped with hydrofoils that lift it so that it skims the water at high speeds
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3. Hydrofoil
   Ski-like protrusion that holds the front of a vessel out of the water when at speed.
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4. Hydrofoil
   A surface immersed in water underneath the planing bottom of a hull or float to assist take-off with its hydrodynamic lift.
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5. hydrofoil
   dewatering bars placed beneath the upper part of a Fourdrinier wire at right angles to the machine direction and so designed that during the dewatering a stable suction zone is created in the wedge-shaped space between the upper surface of the bar and the under surface of the wire Category: Vario...
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6. hydrofoil
   noun a speedboat that is equipped with winglike structures that lift it so that it skims the water at high speeds; `the museum houses a replica of the jet hydroplane that broke the record`
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7. hydrofoil
   underwater fin with a flat or curved winglike surface that is designed to lift a moving boat or ship by means of the reaction upon its surface from ... [1 related articles]
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8. hydrofoil
   hydrofoil, hydroplane 1. A winglike structure attached to the hull of a boat that raises all or part of the hull out of the water when the boat is moving forward, thus reducing drag. 2. A device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is pa...
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9. Hydrofoil
   A hydrofoil is a wing-like structure designed to lift the hull of a moving vessel out of the water, so that it can travel faster. The term is also given to a boat equipped with such wing-like devices, such as several fast passenger ferries operating between the British mainland and the Isle of Wight and France.
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10. hydrofoil
    hydrofoil, flat or curved finlike device, attached by struts to the hull of a watercraft, that lifts the moving watercraft above the water's surface. The term is often extended to include the vessel itself. Like an aircraft wing in its appearance and function, the foil develops lift as it passes thr...
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11. hydrofoil
    Wing that develops lift in the water in much the same way that an aeroplane wing develops lift in the air. A hydrofoil boat is one whose hull rises out of the water owing to the lift, and the boat skims along on the hydrofoils. The first hydrofoil was fitted to a boat in 1906. The first commercial hy...
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12. HYDROFOIL
    A craft more or less similar to the Hovercraft insofar as it flies over water and thus eliminates friction between the water and the hull. Under acceleration it rises above water but remains in contact with the surface through supporting legs.
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13. Hydrofoil
    A `hydrofoil` is a foil which operates in water. They are similar in appearance and purpose to airfoils. Hydrofoils can be artificial, such as the rudder or keel on a boat, the diving planes on a submarine, a surfboard fin, or occur naturally, as with fish fins, the flippers of aquatic mammals, the ...
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