Phugoid

English

Etymology

A diagram illustrating an aircraft undergoing phugoid motion (adjective sense).

Template:Root The Template:Glossary is a Template:Lbor (ultimately from Template:Der) + English Template:M. The word was Template:Coinage (1868–1946) in his book Aerodonetics (1908), the author mistaking the meaning of Template:M to be “flight” in the sense of “the act of flying”: see the quotations.

The Template:Glossary is derived from the adjective.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

1. Template:Lb Of the motion of an aircraft, missile, or other flying object: continuously oscillating in a vertical plane due to the object pitching up and climbing, thus slowing down; then pitching down and descending, thus speeding up.
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Translations

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Noun

1. Template:Lb The motion of an aircraft, missile, or other flying object continuously oscillating in a vertical plane due to the object pitching up and climbing, thus slowing down; then pitching down and descending, thus speeding up.
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Alternative forms

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Translations

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  Mandarin: Template:T, Template:T

• Finnish: Template:T, Template:T, Template:T
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• German: Template:T+
• Italian: Template:T
• Japanese: Template:T
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• Romanian: Template:T
• Russian: Template:T
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• Swedish: Template:T, Template:T

Further reading

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