English Explanatory Dictionary

step climb

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To periodically climb to higher and higher altitudes during cruise flight, as the aircraft becomes lighter from fuel burnoff, to take advantage of the reduced drag at higher altitudes; like cruise-climbing, but with the aircraft climbing in discrete steps instead of continuously.
noun
  1. An instance of step climbing.

Word forms

step climb step climbs step climbing step climbed step-climb
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