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Aircraft vs Phugoid - What's the difference?

aircraft | phugoid |

As nouns the difference between aircraft and phugoid

is that aircraft is a vehicle capable of atmospheric flight due to interaction with the air, such as buoyancy or lift while phugoid is an aircraft motion where the vehicle pitches up and climbs, increasing speed, and then pitches down and descends, decreasing speed.

aircraft

English

(wikipedia aircraft)

Noun

(aircraft)
  • A vehicle capable of atmospheric flight due to interaction with the air, such as buoyancy or lift.

    • Usage notes

    * The nonstandard plural form is in use among non-native speakers of English.

    Hyponyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * aircraft carrier * model aircraft * rocket aircraft

    Related terms

    * spacecraft * watercraft

    See also

    * aeroplane (UK), airplane (US) English invariant nouns English words suffixed with -craft

    phugoid

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia phugoid) (en noun)
  • An aircraft motion where the vehicle pitches up and climbs, increasing speed, and then pitches down and descends, decreasing speed.