airfoil
aerofoil
control surface
surface | a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air, can lift or control a plane in flight |
| air-to-air missile | a missile designed to be launched from one airplane at another |
air-to-ground missile
air-to-surface missile | a missile designed to be launched from an airplane at a target on the ground |
antiballistic missile
ABM | a defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles, the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks placed limits on the deployment of ABMs |
| ballistic missile | a missile that is guided in the first part of its flight but falls freely as it approaches target |
| basic point defense missile system | a shipboard missile system |
| cruise missile | an unmanned aircraft that is a selfontained bomb |
destroyer
guided missile destroyer | a small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship |
| fleet ballistic missile submarine | a submarine carrying ballistic missiles |
| guided missile | a rocket-propelled missile whose path can be controlled during flight either by radio signals or by internal homing devices |
| guided missile cruiser | a cruiser that carries guided missiles |
| guided missile frigate | a frigate that carries guided missiles |
| heat-seeking missile | a missile with a guidance system that directs it toward targets emitting infrared radiation (as the emissions of a jet engine) |
horizontal surface
level | a flat surface at right angles to a plumb line, park the car on the level |
intercontinental ballistic missile
ICBM | a ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another |
| missile | a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives, may be ballistic or directed by remote control |
missile defense system
missile defence system | naval weaponry providing a defense system |
| naval missile | naval weaponry consisting of a missile carried on a warship |
| paved surface | a level horizontal surface covered with paving material |
projectile
missile | a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled |
| road surface | the paved surface of a paved roadway |
| surface | the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary, there is a special cleaner for these surfaces, the cloth had a pattern of red dots on a white surface |
surface gauge
surface gage
scribing block | gauge consisting of a scriber mounted on an adjustable stand, used to test the accuracy of plane surfaces |
| surface lift | a ski tow that pulls skiers up a slope without lifting them off the ground |
| surface search radar | a naval radar to search for surface targets |
| surface ship | a warship that operates on the surface of the water |
surface-to-air missile
SAM | a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target |
| surface-to-air missile system | the shipboard system that fires missiles at aircraft |
| upper surface | the side that is uppermost |
| vertical surface | a surface that is vertical |
| work surface | a horizontal surface for supporting objects used in working or playing games |
area
expanse
surface area | the extent of a -dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary, the area of a rectangle, it was about square feet in area |
open
surface | information that has become public, all the reports were out in the open, the facts had been brought to the surface |
| surface | a superficial aspect as opposed to the real nature of something, it was not what it appeared to be on the surface |
| surface chemistry | the branch of chemistry that studies processes occurring at interfaces between phases (especially those between liquid and gas) |
| surface mail | mail that is sent by land or sea |
| surface fire | a forest fire that burns only the surface litter and undergrowth |
| surface noise | noise produced by the friction of the stylus of a record player moving over the rotating record |
Naval Surface Warfare Center
NSWC | the agency that provides scientific and engineering and technical support for all aspects of surface warfare |
Ballistic Missile Defense Organization
BMDO | an agency in the Department of Defense that is responsible for making ballistic missile defense a reality |
green
putting green
putting surface | an area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf course, the ball rolled across the green and into the bunker |
| surface | the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object, they skimmed over the surface of the water, a brush small enough to clean every dental surface, the sun has no distinct surface |
surface
Earth's surface | the outermost level of the land or sea, earthquakes originate far below the surface, three quarters of the Earth's surface is covered by water |
| surface tension | a phenomenon at the surface of a liquid caused by intermolecular forces |
interfacial tension
interfacial surface tension | surface tension at the surface separating two non-miscible liquids |
adsorption
surface assimilation | the accumulation of molecules of a gas to form a thin film on the surface of a solid |
quadric
quadric surface | a curve or surface whose equation (in Cartesian coordinates) is of the second degree |
topsoil
surface soil | the layer of soil on the surface |
wetting agent
wetter
surfactant
surface-active agent | a chemical agent capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid in which it is dissolved |
| change surface | undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface |