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chan·delle
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ʃænˈdɛl
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ʃɑ̃-
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del
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noun, verb
chan·delled,
chan·dell·ing.
Aeronautics
noun
1.
an abrupt climbing turn in
which
an aircraft almost stalls while using its momentum to gain a higher rate of climb.
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verb (used without object)
2.
to perform a chandelle.
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fractional volume change of a body due to uniform pressure
property of a substance to change form due to force and recover original form upon force's removal
external force acting on an object or surface parallel to the slope or plane
force exerted by stretched or compressed spring, which restores it to resting length
contends extension of a spring is proportional with the load applied to it
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Origin:
1915–20;
<
French:
literally,
candle
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chandelle
(ʃænˈdɛl,
French
ʃɑ̃dɛl)
—
n
1.
aeronautics
an abrupt climbing turn almost to the point of stalling, in which an aircraft's momentum is used to increase its rate of climb
—
vb
2.
(
intr
) to carry out a chandelle
[French, literally:
candle
]
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