nose-up moment
1nose — [[t]no͟ʊz[/t]] ♦♦♦ noses, nosing, nosed 1) N COUNT: oft poss N Your nose is the part of your face which sticks out above your mouth. You use it for smelling and breathing. She wiped her nose with a tissue... She s got funny eyes and a big nose.… …
2Nose ride — Noseriding (AKA Tipriding the current term) is the art of maneuvering the surfboard from the front end. Next to getting tubed (AKA barreled means placing your whole body inside the curl of the wave), noseriding is the most accomplished move in… …
3nose around — PHRASAL VERB If you nose around or nose about, you look around a place that belongs to someone else, to see if you can find something interesting. [INFORMAL] [V P n] Accountants are nosing around the BBC at the moment, conducting an efficiency… …
4Pitching moment — In aerodynamics, the pitching moment on an airfoil is the moment produced by the aerodynamic force on the airfoil if that aerodynamic force is considered to be applied, not at the center of pressure, but at the aerodynamic center of the airfoil.… …
5turn up one's nose — verb a) To make the gesture of raising ones nose, as a sign of scorn, contempt or disgust. When your turn came, you were carefully collared, and led up to the presence, as if even at that awful moment you were mutinously and murderously disposed …
6powder your nose — powder (your) nose humorous if a woman says she is going to powder her nose, she means she is going to go to the toilet. Well, if you ll excuse me a moment, I m going to powder my nose …
7powder nose — powder (your) nose humorous if a woman says she is going to powder her nose, she means she is going to go to the toilet. Well, if you ll excuse me a moment, I m going to powder my nose …
8moist moment — noun A brief period of weeping, especially for self pity. I give my nose a definitive blow, then power flush the Kleenex down the Toto. I have had my moist moment and now it is over …
9Flight dynamics — is the science of air and space vehicle orientation and control in three dimensions. The three critical flight dynamics parameters are the angles of rotation in three dimensions about the vehicle s center of mass, known as pitch , roll and yaw… …
10Longitudinal static stability — is important in determining whether an aircraft will be able to fly as intended. Static stability As any vehicle moves it will be subjected to minor changes in the forces that act on it, and in its speed. * If such a change causes further changes …
