"step climb" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: step climbs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} step climb (plural step climbs)
  1. (aviation) An instance of step climbing. Categories (topical): Aviation
    Sense id: en-step_climb-en-noun-qY7C1AwR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: step-climb

Verb [English]

Forms: step climbs [present, singular, third-person], step climbing [participle, present], step climbed [participle, past], step climbed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} step climb (third-person singular simple present step climbs, present participle step climbing, simple past and past participle step climbed)
  1. (aviation, usually intransitive, of an aircraft) To periodically climb to higher and higher altitudes during cruise flight, as the aircraft becomes lighter from fuel burnoff, to take advantage of the reduced drag at higher altitudes; like cruise-climbing, but with the aircraft climbing in discrete steps instead of continuously. Tags: intransitive, usually Categories (topical): Aviation Coordinate_terms: cruise-climb
    Sense id: en-step_climb-en-verb-~QC9H0BL Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: step-climb

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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