Technology / Aviation / Landing Flaps: a secondary control surface built into the wing by which the overall wing area, or lift-drag ratio, can be increased. The increased wing area permits a slower landing speed. The increased drag reduces airspeeds on landing and shortens the afterlanding roll.
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Landing Noun Synonyms: landing-place, dock, pier, jetty, wharf, quay
Landing Verb Synonyms: touchdown, alighting, splashdown, docking
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Technology / Aviation / Landing Wires: Interplane bracing wires that help support wingloads when the plane is on the ground. Direction of travel is downward and outward from the fuselage. Opposite of FLYING WIRES. MORE
Technology / Aviation / Landing Roll: the distance an aircraft travels on the ground after touchdown to the point it can be stopped or exits to the taxiway. MORE
Technology / Aviation / Pancake Landing: an aircraft landing procedure in which the aircraft is on an even plane with the runway. As the aircraft reduces speed and lift, it drops to the ground in a flat or prone attitude. MORE
Business / Finance / Soft Landing: The value of research services that brokerage houses supply to investment managers 'free of charge' in exchange for the investment manager's business commissions. MORE
Business / Construction / Stair Landing: A platform between flights of stairs or at the termination of a flight of stairs. Often used when stairs change direction. Normally no less than 3 ft. X 3 ft. Square. MORE
Business / Search Engine Optimization (SEO) / Landing Page Quality Scores: A measure used by Google to help filter noisy ads out of their AdWords program. When Google AdWords launched affiliates and arbitrage players made up a large portion of their ad market, but as more ma MORE