Usually means: Angled backward from a forward point.
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  1. sweptback: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. sweptback: Collins English Dictionary
  3. sweptback: Vocabulary.com
  4. sweptback: Wiktionary
  5. sweptback: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. sweptback: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  7. sweptback: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. sweptback: Dictionary.com
  9. sweptback: Rhymezone
  10. sweptback: FreeDictionary.org
  11. sweptback: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. sweptback: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (sweptback)

▸ adjective:  (of an aircraft wing) Angled backwards from its attachment to the fuselage.
▸ adjective:  (of a hairstyle) Backswept.

Similar:
backswept, swept, backward, upswept, inswept, twillback, wheelback, upwind, waved, winding, more...

Opposite:
forward, straight, upright, perpendicular

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Similar:
backswept, swept, backward, upswept, inswept, twillback, wheelback, upwind, waved, winding, more...

Opposite:
forward, straight, upright, perpendicular



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