Usually means: Angle of wings backward from fuselage.
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  1. sweepback: Merriam-Webster
  2. sweepback: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. sweepback: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. sweepback: Collins English Dictionary
  5. sweepback: Wiktionary
  6. sweepback: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. sweepback: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. sweepback: Infoplease Dictionary
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  10. Sweepback: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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Definitions from Wiktionary (sweepback)

▸ noun:  The rearward angle of the leading edge of a wing, or airfoil.

Similar:
downsweep, sweep, switchback, slat, droop snoot, sweepline, swooping, skid, layback, swept path, more...

Opposite:
swept-forward, forward-swept, straight-winged

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Similar:
downsweep, sweep, switchback, slat, droop snoot, sweepline, swooping, skid, layback, swept path, more...

Opposite:
swept-forward, forward-swept, straight-winged



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