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lift coefficient

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lift coefficient [′lift ‚kō·i‚fish·ənt]
(aerospace engineering)
The quantityCL= 2L/ρV2S, whereLis the lift of a whole airplane wing, ρ is the mass density of the air,Vis the free-stream velocity, andSis the wing area; this is also applicable to other airfoils.
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