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wing loading

noun

, Aeronautics.
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wing loading

noun

  1. the total weight of an aircraft divided by its wing area
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of wing loading1

First recorded in 1910–15
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Example Sentences

The whole plane weighs only about 3,500 pounds, so what aeronautical engineers call “wing loading,” or force of the air on the wing, is low.

"We have calculated what we need in terms of energy, so that gave us the surface and it gave us the wing loading."

The need for increased take-off power results from the higher wing loading necessitated by the modern demand for commercial aircraft with higher cruising speeds with reasonable power expenditure.

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