Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fleet leader

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.24 in modern English

Syllables: fleet lead-er
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The airframe or component with the longest time in service, compared to others of the same design.

Example Sentences

"Obviously the best engines to use for comparison would be those of greatest total (flight plus test) operating time -- the so-called "fleet leaders.""
"This Falcon 7X is now the fleet leader having flown over 800,000 nautical miles (148,148 km)."

Inflected Forms

fleet leaders (plural)

Questions

What does fleet leader mean?: The airframe or component with the longest time in service, compared to others of the same design.

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