wind tunnel

noun

: a tunnellike passage through which air is blown at a known velocity to investigate air flow around an object (such as an airplane part or model) placed in the passage

Examples of wind tunnel in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The manufacturing capabilities at Silverstone will be primarily used for producing wind tunnel models, considering Cadillac is using one in Cologne, Germany, to actually test its designs. —Luke Smith, New York Times, 14 May 2025

Not private enough to give up federal funding, whether for student tuition fees, quadrangle rhododendrons, wind tunnels, or NMR Spectrometers. —Amity Shlaes, National Review, 28 Apr. 2025

This will include wind tunnel tests, computational fluid dynamics modeling, and structural design and analysis. —David Szondy, New Atlas, 28 Apr. 2025

According to the MoD, the new engine has gone through 233 static test runs in a hypersonic wind tunnel as part of its Team Hypersonics (UK) program. —New Atlas, 6 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1911, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for wind tunnel

• bunnell
• funnel
• multifunctional

Kids Definition

wind tunnel

noun

: a passage like a tunnel through which air is blown at a known speed to investigate air flow around an object (as an airplane part or model) placed in the passage