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lifting body

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lift·ing body (lftng)
n.
An aircraft or a spacecraft that has no wings and gains lift by the action of aerodynamic forces on its body.

lifting body
n
(Astronautics) a wingless aircraft or spacecraft that derives its aerodynamic lift from the shape of its body


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