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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
- By chance a hydrofoil came up for sale.
- the fins of a fish act as hydrofoils
- High speed catamarans or hydrofoils will whisk up to 150 passengers on the 30-minute journey from Fife to Edinburgh's waterfront every half an hour at peak times.
- The paddles thus acted like hydrofoils generating thrust during the backstroke and also from lift during the recovery stroke.
- He built a hydrofoil that was clocked at more than 70 mph, and for 12 years it was the fastest boat in the world.
- During that period, there were all these shows that promised people that, in ten or 15 years, we would all have jet packs or use hydrofoils to travel across the water and then drive up on land.
- Once out of harbour, the hydrofoil started to lift, increasing speed, and she gazed out into the morning feeling exhilarated. CONFESSIONAL
- But wakeboarding, waveskiing, stand-up paddleboarding and sit-down hydrofoiling? Times, Sunday Times
- Some board sleek white yachts and luxury cruisers, while others crowd onto lumbering, hooting ferries or the faster yellow and blue hydrofoils called Flying Dolphins.
- He also believes the design has potential applications for Defence, including wings for lightweight unmanned aircraft and high-speed hydrofoils for naval boats.