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viff

viff verb: to change direction by changing the direction of thrust from the engine(s).

Verb

viff (third-person singular simple present viffs, present participle viffing, simple past and past participle viffed)

  1. To change direction by changing the direction of thrust from the engine(s).

Noun

viff (countable and uncountable, plural viffs)

  1. (countable) A change in direction by changing the direction of thrust from the engine(s).
  2. (uncountable) The ability to make such changes in direction.

Forms of viff

Verb
third-person singular presentviffs
present participleviffing
past participleviffed
pastviffed
Noun
pluralviffs

Origin of viff

From the initial letters of "vectoring in forward flight".

Questions about viff

What does viff mean?
Viff means to change direction by changing the direction of thrust from the engine(s).
What part of speech is viff?
Viff can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of viff?
The past tense of viff is viffed.

Words near viff in the dictionary

  1. Vieyra
  2. Vieyras
  3. VIF
  4. vifda
  5. vife
  6. viff
  7. viffed
  8. viffing
  9. viffs
  10. vig
  11. vig'rous

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