push-down

[poosh-doun]

push-down

[poosh-doun]
noun Aeronautics.
a sudden, downward shift by an aircraft in the direction of the flight path.
Also called pushover.


Origin:
1935–40; noun use of verb phrase push down
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Push-down is always a great word to know.
So is young's modulus. Does it mean:
ratio of longitudinal strain to longitudinal stress
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