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-ground missile
air-to-surface missile | a missile designed to be launched from an airplane at a target on the ground |
| amphibian amphibious vehicle | a flat-bottomed motor vehicle that can travel on land or water |
armored vehicle
armoured vehicle | a vehicle that is protected by armor plate |
a bus
autobus
coach charabanc
double-decker
jitney
motorbus
motorcoach
omnibus
passenger vehicle | a vehicle carrying many passengers, used for public transport, he always rode the bus to work |
horizontal surface
level | a flat surface at right angles to a plumb line, park the car on the level |
| horse-drawn vehicle | a wheeled vehicle drawn by one or more horses |
| military vehicle | vehicle used by the armed forces |
motor vehicle
automotive vehicle | a self-propelled wheeled vehicle that does not run on rails |
| paved surface | a level horizontal surface covered with paving material |
reconnaissance vehicle
scout car | fast armored military vehicle with four-wheel drive and open top |
recreational vehicle
RV
R.V. | a motorized wheeled vehicle used for camping or other recreational activities |
| road surface | the paved surface of a paved roadway |
| self-propelled vehicle | a wheeled vehicle that carries in itself a means of propulsion |
spacecraft
ballistic capsule
space vehicle | a craft capable of traveling in outer space, technically, a satellite around the sun |
sport utility
sport utility vehicle
S.U.V.
SUV | a high-performance four-wheel drive car built on a truck chassis |
| 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 |
tank army tank
armored combat vehicle
armoured combat vehicle | an enclosed armored military vehicle, has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads |
test rocket
research rocket
test instrument vehicle | a rocket fired for test purposes |
| tracked vehicle | a self-propelled vehicle that moves on tracks |
| upper surface | the side that is uppermost |
| vehicle | a conveyance that transports people or objects |
| vertical surface | a surface that is vertical |
| wheeled vehicle | a vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people, the oldest known wheeled vehicles were found in Sumer and Syria and date from around BC |
| 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) |
| vehicle | a medium for the expression or achievement of something, his editorials provided a vehicle for his political views, a congregation is a vehicle of group identity, the play was just a vehicle to display her talents |
| 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 |
vehicular traffic
vehicle traffic | the aggregation of vehicles coming and going in a particular locality |
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 |
fomite
vehicle | any inanimate object (as a towel or money or clothing or dishes or books or toys etc.) that can transmit infectious agents from one person to another |
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 |
| vehicle-borne transmission | indirect transmission of an infectious agent that occurs when a vehicle (or fomite) touches a person's body or is ingested |
| 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 |