rate of descent

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• Descent (aircraft) — A descent during air travel is any portion where an aircraft decreases altitude, and is the opposite of an ascent or climb. Descents are an essential component of an approach to landing. Other intentional descents might be to avoid traffic, poor… …   Wikipedia

• descent — noun 1 movement down ADJECTIVE ▪ fast, rapid, swift (esp. BrE) ▪ slow ▪ steep ▪ gentle, gradual …   Collocations dictionary

• Rate of climb — An F 15 Eagle climbing and releasing flares. In aeronautics, the rate of climb (RoC) is an aircraft s vertical speed the rate of change in altitude. In most ICAO member countries (even in otherwise metric countries), this is usually expressed in… …   Wikipedia

• Descent from antiquity — (DFA) is the project of establishing a well researched, generation by generation descent of living persons from people living in antiquity. It is an ultimate challenge in prosopography and genealogy. The idea is by no means new. Hellenistic… …   Wikipedia

• rate-of-climb indicator — noun : a standard flight instrument that indicates the rate of ascent or descent of an airplane * * * /rayt euhv kluym /, Aeron. a flight instrument that indicates the rate of climb or descent of an aircraft. [1945 50] * * * rate of climb… …   Useful english dictionary

• Descent (video game) — For the unrelated space simulator released by Volition, Inc., see Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War. Descent Developer(s) Parallax Software Publisher(s) I …   Wikipedia

• Descent II — This article is about the video game. For the British 2009 horror movie, see The Descent 2. For the episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, see Descent (Star Trek: The Next Generation)#Part II. Descent II Developer(s) …   Wikipedia

• Rate of Climb and Descent Indicator — The Rate of Climb and Descent Indicator (RCDI) is an aircraft cockpit instrument displaying vertical speed. Other terms used are Vertical Speed Indicator (VSI), or, for particularly sensitive RCDIs in gliders, Variometer .The principle of… …   Wikipedia

• rate of climb — noun The rate at which an aircraft gains altitude. A negative rate of climb implies descent. Syn: climb rate …   Wiktionary

• rate-of-climb indicator — /rayt euhv kluym /, Aeron. a flight instrument that indicates the rate of climb or descent of an aircraft. [1945 50] * * * …   Universalium

• rate-of-climb indicator — An aircraft instrument indicating the rate of climb or descent in feet per minute or meters per second. The same as a vertical speed indicator, or VSI …   Aviation dictionary