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roll, in aviation: see airfoil airfoil, surface designed to develop a desired force by reaction with a fluid, especially air, that is flowing across the surface. For example, the fixed wing surfaces of an airplane produce lift, which opposes gravity. ..... Click the link for more information. . roll 1. a cylinder used to flatten something; roller 2. a very rapid beating of the sticks on a drum 3. a flight manoeuvre in which an aircraft makes one complete rotation about its longitudinal axis without loss of height or change in direction 4. a throw of dice 5. a bookbinder's tool having a brass wheel, used to impress a line or repeated pattern on the cover of a book How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Universal is working on the technology to build organic flat panel displays that are lightweight, portable, even rollable. artists working in clean, white rooms, making clean, rollable, elegant, ropy, dismountable, portable art to fit into the bed of a Ford Ranchero, to be driven to the clean, sunny parking lot of the clean new museum, where it's documented and fussed over by young curators, shown to other (young? Polymer Vision's Rollable Display Named Most Innovative Technology; Motorola's MOTOFONE F3 Honored for Best Ultra Low Cost Handset |
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