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Chandelle

noun
1.
A flight maneuver consisting of a steep climbing turn executed to gain altitude while changing direction.





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"Chandelle" Quotes from Famous Books



... pour water into a sieve. leak &c (run out) 295; run to waste; ebb; melt away, run dry, dry up. Adj. wasted &c v.; at a low ebb. wasteful &c (prodigal) 818; penny wise and pound foolish. Phr. magno conatu magnas nugas [Lat.]; le jeu ne vaut pas la chandelle [Fr.]; idly busy ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget
... run to waste; ebb; melt away, run dry, dry up. Adj. wasted &c. v.; at a low ebb. wasteful &c. (prodigal) 818; penny wise and pound foolish. Phr. magno conatu magnas nugas[Lat]; le jeu ne vaut pas la chandelle[Fr]; " idly busy rolls their world away ...
— Roget's Thesaurus


Words linked to "Chandelle" :   come up, go up, air travel, lift, uprise, air, move up, flight maneuver, arise, airplane maneuver, rise, aviation


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