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UK
/hˈaɪdɹəfˌɔɪl/
]
[ US /ˈhaɪdɹəˌfɔɪɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈhaɪdɹəˌfɔɪɫ/ ]
NOUN
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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
the fins of a fish act as hydrofoils -
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
How To Use hydrofoil In A Sentence
- Much of its activity is centred around the riva - the promenade - filled with a jostle of yachts, powerboats and hydrofoils that can ferry you to tiny ports along a coastline dotted with unspoilt beaches and 1,185 islands.
- The paddles thus acted like hydrofoils generating thrust during the backstroke and also from lift during the recovery stroke.
- For the past five years, Jenkins, a mechanical engineer and amateur glider pilot, has built three crafts - on wheels, skates, and hydrofoils - equipped with rigid carbon-fiber sails.
- If you are on a tight budget, consider installing a hydrofoil stabilizer on the lower unit of your outdrive or outboard.
- However, I have been known to whiz back and forth by hydrofoil across the Adriatic Sea four times in four consecutive days.
- I'm looking forward to another late night quaffing session, even though it is already one o'clock in the morning and our hydrofoil sails at noon.
- Tuna, researchers suspected, power their swimming by projecting muscle force from the mid-body, where the muscle is concentrated, back to the tail, which essentially acts as a natural, thrust-producing hydrofoil.
- Standing 15 metres in height, the turbine support frame uses hydrofoils which use the down-thrust from tidal currents to hold the structure firmly on the seabed.
- A super hydrofoil took us across the Gulf of Finland to Tallinn, Estonia - definitely the most comfortable mode of travel to date.
- Nevertheless, it explains the huge number of ferries and hydrofoils that regularly ply the waters.