A curved structure or design element specifically adapted for aerodynamic efficiency in aircraft.
From 'aero-' (air) combined with 'curve' (from Latin curvus, meaning bent). A technical term from aerospace engineering emphasizing the curved shapes essential to flight.
Aircraft designers obsess over curves because even tiny shape changes affect how air flows around wings—this is why modern planes look so different from early boxy aircraft; the curves are literally engineered to trick air into holding the plane up.
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