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shock-stalled

UK/ˈʃɒk ˌstɔːld/US/ˈʃɑk ˌstɔld/

shock-stalled adjective: of an aircraft or a component of it: having undergone a shock stall. Also the alternative form of shock stalled.

Adjective

shock-stalled (comparative more shock-stalled, superlative most shock-stalled)

  1. Of an aircraft or a component of it: having undergone a shock stall.
    • The Meteor, Group Captain [Hugh Joseph] Wilson said, puts its nose up at the shock stall, so that had the aircraft become fully shock stalled during the record runs, the pilot would probably have been able to recover without hitting the sea. But at the speeds achieved—the fastest run recorded being...1946 February, Oliver Stewart, “London Letter”, in William B[ernard] Ziff [Sr.], editor, Flying, volume 38, number 2, Chicago, Ill.: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 50, columns 2–3
    • This is only partially true, since drag increase can be overcome by brute force on the part of the propulsion system, but ignorance of the rather delicate stability and control problems when flying in a shock-stalled condition will probably result in disaster.1951, William F. Hilton, High-speed Aerodynamics, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green, →OCLC, page 33

Also used as

shock-stalled is also the alternative form of shock stalled.

Examples of shock-stalled in a sentence

  • At about Mach 0.9 a marked recovery in lift occurred, suggesting that the separated ("shock-stalled") flow tended to disappear as Mach 1 was approached.1980, John V[ernon] Becker, The High-speed Frontier: Case Histories of Four NACA Programs, 1920–1950 (NASA SP; 445), Washington, D.C....
  • Some parts of both Wilson's and Greenwood's aircraft were shock-stalled, which means that all normal lift characteristics were upset during the run.1994, John Mills, When Peace Broke Out: Britain, 1945, London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, →ISBN, page 135:

Forms of shock-stalled

comparativemore shock-stalled
superlativemost shock-stalled
alternative formshock stalled

Origin of shock-stalled

From shock stall + -ed.

Questions about shock-stalled

What does shock-stalled mean?
Shock-stalled means of an aircraft or a component of it: having undergone a shock stall.
How do you use shock-stalled in a sentence?
At about Mach 0.9 a marked recovery in lift occurred, suggesting that the separated ("shock-stalled") flow tended to disappear as Mach 1 was approached.
What part of speech is shock-stalled?
Shock-stalled is an adjective.
How do you pronounce shock-stalled?
Shock-stalled is pronounced /ˈʃɒk ˌstɔːld/ (UK).

Words near shock-stalled in the dictionary

  1. shock waves
  2. shock worker
  3. shock workers
  4. shock-headed
  5. shock-stall
  6. shock-stalled
  7. shock-stalling
  8. shock-stalls
  9. shockability
  10. shockable
  11. shockdog

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