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lift

lift

Component of the force from a flowing fluid that acts perpendicular to the relative flow direction.

All languages

English
lift
Norwegian
løft
Japanese
揚力 — ようりょく — yōryoku
Korean
양력 — yangnyeok
Spanish
sustentación
French
portance
German
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