equivalent airspeed

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Dynamic pressure expressed as airspeed; the airspeed at sea level in the International Standard Atmosphere at which an airplane would experience the same dynamic pressure as it does in its current flight conditions; calibrated airspeed corrected for errors introduced by the compressibility of air at nonzero Mach numbers.

Word forms

equivalent airspeed equivalent airspeeds

Synonyms

EAS
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