Keywords: Chord length definition (nl).svg koorde vleugelprofiel The chord spans from the leading edge surface point of minimum radius<ref> cite book Aerodynamics for Engineering Students Houghton E L ; Carpenter P W 5 2003 Butterworth Heinmann 0-7506-5111-3 p 18</ref> to the trailing edge The chord length is the length of that segment rather than that of the airfoil itself thumb Different definitions for the thickness Note that the thickness can be defined in several ways see File Airfoil thickness definition svg The so-called American convention is used here <references/> 2011-12-21 own created with Inkscape Olivier Cleynen Other versions/Chord length definition cc-zero Uploaded with UploadWizard Aerodynamics diagrams Diagrams of airfoil geometry Aeronautical vocabulary |