ground distance
91distance-measuring equipment — ▪ instrument in aerial navigation, equipment for measuring distance by converting the time a special electronic pulse takes to travel from an aircraft to a ground station and for an answering pulse to return. The airborne equipment displays …
92ground roll — i. The distance traveled by an aircraft from touch down until either it turns off the runway or stops on the runway during landing. ii. During takeoff, the distance an aircraft travels after applying takeoff power until lift off …
93ground clearance — The vertical distance between level ground and the lowest fixed item on a vehicle (usually one of the differentials) …
94ground clearance sensor — An instrument that senses the distance between the ground and car (for self levelling air suspension) …
95distance — 1. The space between adjacent individual ships or boats measured in any direction between foremasts. 2. The space between adjacent men, animals, vehicles, or units in a formation measured from front to rear. 3. The space between known reference… …
96ground clearance — noun The shortest distance between a level surface, and any part (other than tires or equivalent) of the underside of a vehicle standing on that surface. Syn: ride height …
97distance — Synonyms and related words: aloofness, ambit, amplitude, angle, area, arena, back, backdrop, background, backwardness, base, bashfulness, blankness, breadth, chill, chilliness, coldness, compass, constraint, coolness, detach, detachment,… …
98ground lighting illusions — Lights along a straight path, such as a road, and even lights on moving trains can be mistaken for runway and approach lights. Bright runway and approach lighting systems, especially where few lights illuminate the surrounding terrain, can create …
99ground lag — noun : the horizontal distance by which the actual trajectory of a bomb in air lags behind the theoretical path in a vacuum …
100To bite the ground — ground ground (ground), n. [OE. ground, grund, AS. grund; akin to D. grond, OS., G., Sw., & Dan. grund, Icel. grunnr bottom, Goth. grundus (in composition); perh. orig. meaning, dust, gravel, and if so perh. akin to E. grind.] 1. The surface of… …
