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arresting gear

arresting gear noun: a system used to quickly decelerate a landing aircraft, essential for landing on an aircraft carrier (although land-based airfields can also be equipped with arresting gear); the most common system consists of a series of transverse wire ropes designed to snag an aircraft's tailhook, connected to a hydraulic or mechanical energy-absorbing system, but other systems exist (typically only for use in an emergency situation) which use a net to slow down an aircraft.

arresting gear: a system used to quickly decelerate a landing aircraft, essential for landing on an aircraft...
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Noun

arresting gear (countable and uncountable, plural arresting gears)

  1. A system used to quickly decelerate a landing aircraft, essential for landing on an aircraft carrier (although land-based airfields can also be equipped with arresting gear); the most common system consists of a series of transverse wire ropes designed to snag an aircraft's tailhook, connected to a hydraulic or mechanical energy-absorbing system, but other systems exist (typically only for use in an emergency situation) which use a net to slow down an aircraft.

arresting gear meaning in Tamil

arresting gear in Tamil

பற்றுவடம்

Forms of arresting gear

pluralarresting gears

Questions about arresting gear

What does arresting gear mean?
Arresting gear means a system used to quickly decelerate a landing aircraft, essential for landing on an aircraft carrier (although land-based airfields can also be equipped with arresting gear); the most common system consists of a series of transverse wire ropes designed to snag an aircraft's tailhook, connected to a hydraulic or mechanical energy-absorbing system, but other systems exist (typically only for use in an emergency situation) which use a net to slow down an aircraft.
What is arresting gear in Tamil?
Arresting gear in Tamil is பற்றுவடம். See Arresting gear meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is arresting gear?
Arresting gear is a noun.
What is the plural of arresting gear?
The plural of arresting gear is arresting gears.

Words near arresting gear in the dictionary

  1. arresters
  2. arrestest
  3. arresteth
  4. arrestin
  5. arresting
  6. arresting gear
  7. arresting gears
  8. arrestingly
  9. arrestingness
  10. arrestins
  11. arrestive

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