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Definition of Absolute ceiling
1. Noun. The maximum altitude at which an airplane can maintain horizontal flight.
Definition of Absolute ceiling
1. Noun. (context: aviation) The maximum altitude above sea level that an aircraft or missile can maintain horizontal flight under normal atmospheric conditions.(reference-book last = first = authorlink = coauthors = editor =Gove, Philip Babcock others = title = Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language Unabridged origdate = origyear = 1909 origmonth = url = format = accessdate = accessyear = accessmonth = edition = date = year =1976 month = publisher =G. & C. Merriam Co. location = Springfield, MA language = id = doi = isbn =0-87779-101-5 lccn = ol = pages =7 chapter = chapterurl = quote =) ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Absolute Ceiling
Literary usage of Absolute ceiling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Airplanes and Safety by Travelers Insurance Companies, Travelers indemnity company Hartford (1921)
"Ceiling: The absolute ceiling is the limiting altitude (measured from sea-level),
above which a given aircraft is incapable of maintaining flight. ..."
2. Capital (1888)
"Companies would not be entitled to exceed the absolute ceiling suggested by the
Committee and within the said limit and subject to the restrictions proposed ..."
3. Textbook of Applied Aeronautic Engineering by Henry Woodhouse (1920)
"Estimated absolute ceiling, 16000 ft. Greatest height reached, 14800 ft. in 64
minutes 40 seconds. Stability and Controllability Rate of climb at this ..."
4. Promoting Housing Choice in HUD's Rental Assistance Programs: A Report to by John M. Goering, Helene Stebbins, Michael Siewert (1996)
"... vouchers do not impose this absolute ceiling, the FMR payment standard is the
basis for the maximum subsidy available and thus can help limit the ..."
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