"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 Categories (topical): Aviation Related terms: transition layer Coordinate_terms: transition altitude
    Sense id: en-transition_level-en-noun-fCen4gGq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Inflected forms

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