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centre of lift

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.37 in modern English

Syllables
cen-tre of lift
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

That point on an aircraft where all the various lifting forces act. If the centre or lift is not coincident with the centre of gravity on the fore/aft axis, the plane will pitch, if not coincident on the lateral axis, it will roll.

Canadian usage; British usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

centres of lift (plural) center of lift (alternative, US)

Synonyms

COL

Questions

What does centre of lift mean?
That point on an aircraft where all the various lifting forces act. If the centre or lift is not coincident with the centre of gravity on the fore/aft axis, the plane will pitch, if not coincident on the lateral axis, it will roll.

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