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glide ratios

glide ratios is the plural of glide ratio.

Meaning of glide ratio

Noun

glide ratio (plural glide ratios)

  1. The instantaneous ratio of horizontal speed to rate of fall for a glider.
  2. The maximum ratio of horizontal speed to rate of fall that a glider can maintain.

Questions about glide ratios

What is glide ratios the plural of?
Glide ratios is the plural of glide ratio.

Words near glide ratios in the dictionary

  1. GLIDE numbers
  2. glide pad
  3. glide path
  4. glide paths
  5. glide ratio
  6. glide ratios
  7. glide reflection
  8. glide reflections
  9. glide slope
  10. glide slopes
  11. glide time

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