How to pronounce “swept wing”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (aviation) A wing that is angled backwards (or, occasionally, forwards) from its point of attachment to the fuselage, so that the wingtip is located further aft or forward than the wing root.
• [Adjective]
• Alternative form of sweptwing.

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