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Meaning of "blade slap" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BLADE SLAP

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BLADE SLAP

noun
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Blade slap is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BLADE SLAP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of blade slap in the English dictionary

The definition of blade slap in the dictionary is the regular noise beat generated by the rotor blades of a helicopter.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BLADE SLAP

bladder senna
bladder worm
bladdered
bladderlike
bladdernose
bladdernut
bladderwort
bladderwrack
bladdery
blade
blade grader
blade-shearer
blade-shearing
bladed
bladeless
bladelike
blader
bladework
blading
blady grass

WORDS THAT END LIKE BLADE SLAP

alap
backslap
bitch-slap
burlap
cat flap
clap
dewlap
earflap
flap
handclap
jalap
klap
lap
overlap
piston slap
shiplap
slap
tape slap
the clap
thunderclap

Synonyms and antonyms of blade slap in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «blade slap» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BLADE SLAP

Find out the translation of blade slap to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of blade slap from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «blade slap» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

刀片巴掌
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bofetada cuchilla
570 millions of speakers

English

blade slap
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ब्लेड थप्पड़
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

صفعة شفرة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

лезвие пощечина
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tapa lâmina
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ব্লেড slap
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

claque lame
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tamparan bilah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Klinge Ohrfeige
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ブレード平手打ち
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

날 때리고
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tamparan pipa
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lưỡi cái tát
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கத்தி அறை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ब्लेड थप्पड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Bıçak tokat
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

schiaffo lama
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ostrze policzek
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

лезо ляпас
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

palmă lama
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λεπίδα χαστούκι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mes klap
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

blad smäll
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

blad dask
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of blade slap

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BLADE SLAP»

The term «blade slap» is used very little and occupies the 161.711 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BLADE SLAP» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about blade slap

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BLADE SLAP»

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1
Rotorcraft Aeromechanics
Impulsive noise or blade slap is a sharp cracking, popping, or slapping sound occurring at the blade passage frequency and produced by the main rotor in certain flight conditions. Blade slap is a periodic, impulsive sound pressure disturbance ...
Wayne Johnson, 2013
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Civil Aviation Research and Development, an Assessment of ...
The most identifiable and most annoying feature of some types of helicopter and V/STOL aircraft is the impulsive noise, commonly referred to as blade slap, which can be generated under conditions of blade vortex interaction, critical Mach ...
‎1968
3
Annoyance, Loudness, and Measurement of Repetitive Type ...
3.2.2 Helicopter Blade Slap Noise Helicopter blade slap is a troublesome impulsive noise source which has 81 received a great deal of attention as to causes and effects. This attention has focused, most recently, upon the practical problems ...
L. C. Sutherland, Richard Eric Burke, 1979
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HELICOPTER BLADE SLAP.
The paper considers a possible mechanism for the generation of blade slap. A simplified theory for this is presented which shows good agreement with the results obtained from a test rig on which blade slap was simulated.
F. Webb Taylor, John W. Leverton, SOUTHAMPTON UNIV (England), 1966
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Helicopter Aerodynamics Volume II
Somewhat surprisingly, it shows that even in level flight and climb at certain speeds, these helicopters produce blade slap. This is probably due to the region of upwash at the front of the disc which makes the tip vortices generated in this region ...
Ray Prouty, 2009
6
Aircraft Noise
It makes no allowance for the obvious possibility that the vehicle might be flown in such a way that it could avoid severe, or perhaps even modest, blade slap. In recent years, the formulation of noise certification standards for helicopters has ...
Michael J. T. Smith, 2004
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Transportation Noise and Noise from Equipment Powered by ...
Blade slap is the colloquialism that has been applied to the sharp cracking sound associated with helicopter rotor noise sources. To date, the only attempt at a quantitative study of the problem seems to be the papers published by Leverton ...
‎1972
8
Popular Mechanics
Up until recently, nobody who manufactures or flies helicopters had a much better explanation for the audible phenomenon known as "blade slap" than the man in the street. Obviously, everybody would profit from quieter helicopters; but  ...
9
Adventure Tourism Management
The type and designof engine used,andto a lesser extent theplacement of the engineand the design oftheengine compartment, aremajor factors influencing noise generation.For helicopters, blade slap may be equally significant. This is the ...
Ralf Buckley, 2011
10
Flight Performance of Fixed and Rotary Wing Aircraft
17.8.2 Impulsive Noise Impulsive noise, also called blade slap, is a noise created by a blade passing through the slipstream of a preceding blade, through an area of increased turbulence. It is a cracking noise created at the blade passing ...
Antonio Filippone, 2006

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BLADE SLAP»

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Managing Helicopter Noise
The distinctive aerodynamic rotor blade slap noise generated by helicopter rotors is difficult to disguise. Blade slap (technically “Blade Vortex ... «Aviation Week, Feb 15»
2
Weedless Lures, Dont Let The Weeds Stop You From Fishing
Holding your rod tip up letting the spinner bait blade slap the topwater while reeling it very slow is the best presentation over surface weeds. «BassResource.com, Jul 13»
3
Helicopter Hella Loud, Part 2: Can the FAA Regulate the Noise …
That signature sound, familiar to anyone who has ever heard a helicopter, is often called blade slap. Blade-vortex interaction, a more technical ... «KCET, Jun 11»

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« EDUCALINGO. Blade slap [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/blade-slap>. May 2024 ».
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