wake vortex (English, noun)
expansion: wake vortex (plural wake vortices)
Senses:
topics: aerodynamics
aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: One of the paired vortices formed behind any heavier-than-air aircraft when producing lift, created by the velocity differential between the air being accelerated downwards by the wings (or other lifting surface), on the one hand, and the unaccelerated air beyond the aircraft's wingtips, on the other.
Forms:
form: wake vortices
tags: plural