laminar flow control

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laminar flow control [′lam·ə·nər ′flō kən‚trōl]

(aerospace engineering)

The removal of a small amount of boundary-layer air from the surface of an aircraft wing with the result that the airflow is laminar rather than turbulent; frictional drag is greatly reduced.

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