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shock stalling

Syllables: shock stall·ingUK/ˈʃɒk ˌstɔːlɪŋ/US/ˈʃɑk ˌstɔlɪŋ/

shock stalling is the gerund of shock stall.

shock stalling is the present participle and gerund of shock stall.

Meaning of shock stall

Noun

shock stall (plural shock stalls)

  1. A stall (“sudden loss of lift”) caused when the airflow over an aircraft's wings is disturbed by shock waves that occurs at a specific Mach number when the aircraft is accelerating to transonic speeds.
    • When I was down to 32,000 feet the altimeter was spinning merrily and the dive was very steep and I was pulling back on the stick in the usual way due to the change of trim at the shock stall.1944 April 27, Peter Caygill, quoting Tony Martindale, “Problems with Compressibility”, in Sound Barrier: The Rocky Road to MACH 1.0+, Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Pen & Sword Aviation, Pen & Sword...

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Forms of shock stalling

pluralshock stallings

Origin of shock stalling

From shock stall + -ing.

Questions about shock stalling

What is shock stalling the gerund of?
Shock stalling is the gerund of shock stall.
How do you pronounce shock stalling?
Shock stalling is pronounced /ˈʃɒk ˌstɔːlɪŋ/ (UK).

Words near shock stalling in the dictionary

  1. shock rock
  2. shock site
  3. shock sites
  4. shock stall
  5. shock stalled
  6. shock stalling
  7. shock stallings
  8. shock stalls
  9. shock tactics
  10. shock therapies
  11. shock therapy

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