sweepback: Meaning and Definition of

sweep•back

Pronunciation: (swēp'bak"), [key]
— n. Aeron.
  1. the shape of, or the angle formed by, an airplane wing or other airfoil the leading or trailing edge of which slopes backward from the fuselage.
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