aerodynamics

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

aerodynamics
    n 1: the branch of mechanics that deals with the motion of gases
         (especially air) and their effects on bodies in the flow
         [syn: {aeromechanics}, {aerodynamics}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

aerodynamics \aer`o*dy*nam"ics\ Aerodynamics
\A`["e]r*o*dy*nam"ics\, n. [A["e]ro- + dynamics: cf. F.
   a['e]rodynamique.]
   The science which treats of the air and other gaseous bodies
   under the action of force, and of their mechanical effects.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

42 Moby Thesaurus words for "aerodynamics":
      aerial photography, aeroballistics, aerogeology, aerography,
      aerology, aeromechanics, aeromedicine, aerometry,
      aeronautical meteorology, aerophotography, aerophysics, aeroscopy,
      aerospace research, aerostatics, air, atmosphere,
      aviation technology, avionics, barodynamics, biodynamics,
      climatology, dynamics, fluid, fluid dynamics, gas, geodynamics,
      halogen gas, hydrodynamics, hydrostatics, inert gas, kinematics,
      kinesiology, kinetics, magnetohydrodynamics, meteorology,
      myodynamics, photometry, pneumatics, rocketry, supersonics,
      thermodynamics, zoodynamics