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rolloff en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɹol.ɔf/ (General-American)
  • /ˈɹoʊ.lɔf/ (General-American)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Deverbal from roll off.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, of a dumpster) Able to be rolled off (and later, rolled back onto) the bed of a flatbed truck (flatbed lorry) in a motorized way, using a winch and cable.
    • rolloff dumpster

Relateds

roll-on · roll-off · roll-on roll-off

rolloff en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɹol.ɔf/ (General-American)
  • /ˈɹoʊ.lɔf/ (General-American)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Deverbal from roll off.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable, usually) A sudden large uncommanded roll to the left or right experienced by an aircraft entering a stall, resulting from one wing stalling slightly before the other and exacerbated by the reduction in aileron control authority at high angles of attack.
    • The Learjet does not possess sufficient inherent prestall buffet characteristics at low speeds to provide the pilot with a clear warning that the aircraft is stalled before it enters a flight condition from which a normal recovery cannot be accomplished. Therefore, the aircraft is equipped with an artificial stall warning system which incorporates a stickshaker and stickpusher to provide a prestall warning in order to prevent an abrupt wing rolloff. The system includes a stall vane on each side of the nose of the aircraft, two angle of attack indicators, two stall warning lights, and a computer. 1982, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.16.2 Aircraft Characteristics”, in Aircraft Accident Report: Sky Train Air, Inc., Gates Learjet 24, N44CJ, Felt, Oklahoma, October 1, 1981, archived from the original on 21 Feb 2021, pages 11–12:
  2. (uncountable, usually) A rolloff dumpster.
    • There's so much junk to be removed that we ordered a rolloff.

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Relateds

dump truck · rolldown · dumptruck · roll-on · roll-off · roll-up · roll-on roll-off · roll-off · rollabout · dumpster