"transition level" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: transition levels [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} transition level (usually uncountable, plural transition levels)
  1. (aviation) The lowest flight level above the transition altitude; depends on the transition altitude and the measured or calculated sea-level atmospheric pressure. The flight level at which a descending aircraft's barometric altimeters are reset from a constant setting of 1013.25 hectopascals to the setting corresponding to the actual measured or calculated atmospheric pressure at mean sea level. Tags: uncountable, usually Related terms: transition layer Coordinate_terms: transition altitude Translations (lowest flight level above transition altitude): siirtopinta (Finnish)

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