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crab angle

crab angle noun: the angle by which an aircraft's nose is pointed upwind of its groundtrack to compensate for crosswinds during an approach and landing.

Noun

crab angle (plural crab angles)

  1. The angle by which an aircraft's nose is pointed upwind of its groundtrack to compensate for crosswinds during an approach and landing.

Forms of crab angle

pluralcrab angles

Questions about crab angle

What does crab angle mean?
Crab angle means the angle by which an aircraft's nose is pointed upwind of its groundtrack to compensate for crosswinds during an approach and landing.
What part of speech is crab angle?
Crab angle is a noun.
What is the plural of crab angle?
The plural of crab angle is crab angles.

Words near crab angle in the dictionary

  1. craal
  2. craaled
  3. craaling
  4. craals
  5. crab
  6. crab angle
  7. crab angles
  8. crab apple
  9. crab apples
  10. crab appletree
  11. crab appletrees

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