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side-slip

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side⋅slip

[sahyd-slip] verb, -slipped, -slip⋅ping, noun
–verb (used without object)
1. to slip to one side.
2. (of an airplane when banked excessively) to slide sideways in a downward direction, toward the center of the curve described in turning.
–noun
3. an act or instance of sideslipping.

Origin:
1640–50; side 1 + slip 1
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side-slip

verb
slide sideways through the air in a downward direction in an airplane along an inclined lateral axis 
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