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LOOP-THE-LOOP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A flight maneuver; aircraft flies a complete circle in the vertical plane
Synonyms:
loop; loop-the-loop
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("loop-the-loop" is a kind of...):
airplane maneuver; flight maneuver (a maneuver executed by an aircraft)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "loop-the-loop"):
inside loop (a loop consisting of a climb followed by inverted flight followed by a dive that returns to horizontal flight)
outside loop (a loop consisting of a dive followed by inverted flight followed by a climb that returns to horizontal flight)
