lift·ing body (l f tng)n. An aircraft or a spacecraft that has no wings and gains lift by the action of aerodynamic forces on its body. |
lifting body
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(Astronautics) a wingless aircraft or spacecraft that derives its aerodynamic lift from the shape of its body
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