leans
/liːnz/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.27 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A dangerous sensory illusion where the pilot of an aircraft believes themselves to be in a bank when they are actually wings-level, or vice-versa, often resulting in spatial disorientation and loss of control of the aircraft.
Example Sentences
- "If you don't use your flight instruments when flying in cloud, you can easily get the leans and enter a fatal graveyard spiral."