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Dutch roll

Dutch roll noun: an aircraft motion consisting of an out-of-phase combination of yaw and roll, especially prominent on sweptwing aircraft.

dutch roll: an aircraft motion consisting of an out-of-phase combination of yaw and roll, especially prominent...
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Noun

Dutch roll (plural Dutch rolls)

  1. An aircraft motion consisting of an out-of-phase combination of yaw and roll, especially prominent on sweptwing aircraft.
  2. Skating repetitively to right and left on the outer edge of one's skates.

Forms of Dutch roll

pluralDutch rolls

Origin of Dutch roll

The aeronautical sense is named after the ice figure skating sense.

Questions about Dutch roll

What does Dutch roll mean?
Dutch roll means an aircraft motion consisting of an out-of-phase combination of yaw and roll, especially prominent on sweptwing aircraft.
What part of speech is Dutch roll?
Dutch roll is a noun.
What is the plural of Dutch roll?
The plural of Dutch roll is Dutch rolls.

Words near Dutch roll in the dictionary

  1. Dutch reach
  2. Dutch reckoning
  3. Dutch Reformed
  4. Dutch Reformed Church
  5. Dutch Republic
  6. Dutch roll
  7. Dutch rolls
  8. Dutch rub
  9. Dutch rubs
  10. Dutch rudder
  11. Dutch rudders

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