adj Shaped to move through air with minimal resistance.
- Cyclists wear tight, aerodynamic helmets to cut through the wind faster.
- The bird's aerodynamic shape lets it dive swiftly through the air.
- The new sports car has a sleek, aerodynamic body.
adj Relating to the science of how objects move through air.
- She studied aerodynamic principles to understand why airplanes stay up.
- The aerodynamic research team tested paper planes in a small wind tunnel.
- Engineers ran aerodynamic tests on the wing design in a wind tunnel.
- The faster an F1 car goes, the more turbulent the aerodynamic wake it leaves behind it.
— Joe Holding, What do DRS, black and white flag, porpoising and more mean? F1 terms explained (2024)
