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sideslip en · NOUN

Etymology

From side + slip.

Meanings

  1. A flight manoeuvre that uses opposing rudder and aileron inputs to move the aircraft sideways without turning it.
  2. A flight manoeuvre that uses opposing rudder and aileron inputs to move the aircraft sideways without turning it. ▸ A flight maneuver to rapidly lose speed and/or altitude whilst not altering the aircraft's ground track.
  3. A flight condition where an aircraft's longitudinal axis is not aligned with its direction of motion relative to the surrounding air.
  4. (broadly, uncountable) The angle between an aircraft's longitudinal axis and its direction of motion relative to the surrounding air.

Forms

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sideslips Number=Plur lexicographic
side-slip alternative lexicographic

Translations (4)

pt glissada (flight manoeuvre) · fr glissade (flight manoeuvre) · pt glissagem (flight manoeuvre) · fr angle au vent (angle)

sideslip en · VERB

Etymology

From side + slip.

Meanings

  1. To perform, or place an aircraft in, a sideslip.

Forms

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sideslips Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
sideslipped Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
sideslipped Tense=Past lexicographic
sideslipping Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
side-slip alternative lexicographic

Translations (1)

pt glissar (to perform a sideslip)