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postflights

postflights is the plural of postflight.

Meaning of postflight

Noun

postflight (plural postflights)

  1. The portion of the movement after pushing off the vault but before landing on the mat.
    • Between the preflight and postflight is the block, a rapid motion in which the gymnast’s hands hit the vault and she pushes herself off, converting the horizontal momentum from her sprint down the runway into vertical momentum.2024 July 27, Maggie Astor, “Your Guide to Olympic Gymnastics: Vault”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 31 Jul 2024

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Questions about postflights

What is postflights the plural of?
Postflights is the plural of postflight.

Words near postflights in the dictionary

  1. postflare
  2. postfledging
  3. postflexion
  4. postflexural
  5. postflight
  6. postflights
  7. postflood
  8. postflop
  9. postflow
  10. postflowering
  11. postfolding

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