GROUND EFFECT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Apparent increase in aerodynamic lift experienced by an aircraft flying close to the ground

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("ground effect" is a kind of...):

aerodynamic lift; lift (the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity)

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