shock stalling
/ˈʃɑk ˌstɔlɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.16 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
gerund of shock stall: the situation of undergoing a shock stall.
verb
present participle and gerund of shock stall
Example Sentences
- "That, of course, was perfectly true if one had the shock-stall over the complete aeroplane, but it seemed to him that the whole point of their study was to find out the causes of shock[-]stalling over small portions of the aeroplane, [...]"
- "When the wing shock stalls, the lift gradient a falls and, if no shock stalling occurs on the tail plane, the term #92;frac#123;a#95;1#92;bar#123;V"
- "Sometimes the pilot finds that his elevator or rudder is utterly ineffective. He moves the stick or the rudder pedals, but the aircraft fails to respond. This can be explained by the shock stalling of the fixed horizontal or vertical surfaces, in the presence of which the control surface moves in the wake and has no effect."
Etymology
From shock stall + -ing.
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈʃɑk ˌstɔlɪŋ/
- British English: /ˈʃɒk ˌstɔːlɪŋ/