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Airfoil vs Airfoiled - What's the difference?

airfoil | airfoiled |

As a noun airfoil

is (american spelling) a structure shaped to produce lift when moving in air.

As an adjective airfoiled is

fitted with an airfoil.

airfoil

English

Alternative forms

* aerofoil (British)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (American spelling) A structure shaped to produce lift when moving in air.
  • (American spelling) A wing of an aircraft.

    • Synonyms

    * (structure shaped to produce lift when moving in air) foil * (wing) wing

    airfoiled

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Fitted with an airfoil.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2008, date=March 4, author=Natalie Angier, title=Flapping Past Gravity’s Pull, Bat Has a Vortex at Its Wings, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=As a jet barrels down a runway, the air above its airfoiled wings moves faster than the air below, creating a difference in air pressure that pulls and pushes the plane up. }}