soft landing en · NOUN · etymology 1
Meanings
- (countable) A landing that does not result in the destruction of the payload or the vehicle.
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(countable) A business cycle downturn which avoids recession.
The IMF said the global economy was gliding towards a “soft landing” after coping with the impact of tough central bank interest-rate action to reduce inflation.
2024 January 30, Larry Elliott, “IMF warns Jeremy Hunt against tax cuts in budget”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:Hopes that the US economy is heading for a “soft landing” were boosted yesterday by the latest job figures, fuelling a rally in stocks and bonds.
2023 November 4, Harriet Clarfelt, Jennifer Hughes, “Hopes build for US ‘soft landing’”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1:
- (uncountable) A form of mass spectrometry characterized by deposition of intact species on surfaces at low kinetic energies which precludes the fragmentation of the incident species.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| soft landings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Translations (8)
ca aterratge suau (landing that does not result in the destruction of the payload and/or the vehicle) · nl zachte landing (landing that does not result in the destruction of the payload and/or the vehicle) · de weiche Landung (landing that does not result in the destruction of the payload and/or the vehicle) · uk м'яка́ поса́дка (landing that does not result in the destruction of the payload and/or the vehicle) · es aterrizaje suave (landing that does not result in the destruction of the payload and/or the vehicle) · ru мя́гкая поса́дка (landing that does not result in the destruction of the payload and/or the vehicle) · fr atterrissage en douceur (landing that does not result in the destruction of the payload and/or the vehicle) · it atterraggio morbido (landing that does not result in the destruction of the payload and/or the vehicle)