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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Periptery

· Pe·rip·ter·y · IPA
01 n. The region surrounding a moving body, such as the wing of a bird or a gliding aëroplane, within which cyclic or vortical motion of the air occur.
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    The region surrounding a moving body, such as the wing of a bird or a gliding aëroplane, within which cyclic or vortical motion of the air occur.