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Meaning of "wingover" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF WINGOVER

ˈwɪŋˌəʊvə


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WINGOVER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Wingover 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 WINGOVER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Wingover

A wingover is an aerobatic maneuver in which an airplane makes a steep climb, followed by a vertical flat-turn. The maneuver ends with a short dive as the plane gently levels out, flying in the opposite direction from which the maneuver began.

Definition of wingover in the English dictionary

The definition of wingover in the dictionary is a manoeuvre in which the direction of flight of an aircraft is reversed by putting it into a climbing turn until nearly stalled, the nose then being allowed to fall while continuing the turn.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WINGOVER

cabover · call-over · carry-over · changeover · crossover · cutover · flyover · handover · hangover · layover · leftover · mouseover · Passover · popover · pullover · sleepover · slipover · stopover · switchover · takeover

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WINGOVER

wing-forward · Wingate · wingback · wingding · winge · winged · winged elm · wingedly · winger · wingless · winglessness · winglet · winglike · wingman · wingmen · wings · wingspan · wingspread · wingsuit · wingy

WORDS THAT END LIKE WINGOVER

all over · all-over · cover · cut-and-cover · discover · Dover · Hannover · hardcover · Hoover · hover · Land Rover · lover · makeover · moreover · on cover · over · over and over · recover · remover · rover

Synonyms and antonyms of wingover in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «wingover» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WINGOVER

Find out the translation of wingover to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of wingover from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «wingover» in English.
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Translator English - Chinese

wingover
1,325 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Spanish

wingover
570 millions of speakers
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English

wingover
510 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Hindi

wingover
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

wingover
280 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Russian

wingover
278 millions of speakers
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wingover
270 millions of speakers
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wingover
260 millions of speakers
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Translator English - French

wingover
220 millions of speakers
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Sayang
190 millions of speakers
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Translator English - German

Wingover
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

wingover
130 millions of speakers
ko

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wingover
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Javanese

Wingover
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

wingover
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

wingover
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

विंगओवर
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

kanat üzerine yıkılarak yapılan dönüş
70 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Italian

wingover
65 millions of speakers
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wingover
50 millions of speakers
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wingover
40 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Romanian

wingover
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

wingover
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

wingover
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

wingover
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

wing
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of wingover

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WINGOVER»

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WINGOVER»

Discover the use of wingover in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to wingover and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Cyclic and Collective
wingover, the helicopter will definitely be operating on the good side of the power required curve. The helicopter is in a much better position from a 'power required for the same groundspeed' than the no wind case. Figure 34-16 Wingover ...
Shawn Coyle, 2009
2
RAF Little Rissington: The Central Flying School 1946 - 76
“Front five gear upgo, wingover port!” the leader called. Then itwas Terry Kingsleyagain, “Six Rotating!” and the rear section of four pulled up into a steep climb. “Gearup go!” Terry called. I waited for the thump of the doors closingafter the ...
R. Deacon, A. Pollock, M. Thomas, 2006
3
Retriever Field Trials 1967-1972: Performances in ...
Brancroft Dandy -Copper Caliph of Mantayo Halstock Javelin — Wyndham's Wingover Brunhild Stolford's Whinchat — Stolford Black Queen =Wyndham's Wingover Brunhild Westerner — Mantayo Ramblin' Wreck Claverdon Duchess ...
August Belmont, Toni Reynolds, 2009
4
First Team and the Guadalcanal Campaign: Naval Fighter ...
The target nosed into a high, steep wingover, but Bright had the speed to pull out, zoom up, and stay behind it. To counter, his opponent again dived and pulled into a zoom climb with the F4F in hot pursuit. Mel Roach tore after the same bandit ...
John Lundstrom, 2013
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Plastic Jesus
“Of course,” Dr. Wingover said with a look of complicity. “My wife is a retired school teacher. She's remarked often that the average newspaper reader has less than a tenth- grade education, with a reading level somewhere around the eighth ...
Robert Miskimon, 2000
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Alterkine
WINGOVER. You have become more agile while in the air, enabling you to change direction mid–flight. PREREQUISITES: Wings. BENEFITS: You can turn up to 180° in flight, regardless of your maneuverability, in addition to any ...
jeff becker
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Popular Science
Another method of making a sudden rightabout in the air is the wingover. This is a quick climbing turn followed by a diving turn. As I zoom upward, I bank and turn the plane. At the peak of the climb the bank is at its steepest and the turn at its ...
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Airplanes, Women, and Song: Memoirs of a Fighter Ace, Test ...
When I was right above the German plane, I would make a rapid wingover and dive right on top of him, already flying in the same direction. While the gunner had to swing his machine gun all the way around before he could fire, I could shoot at ...
Boris Vasilʹevich Sergievskiĭ, Allan Forsyth, Adam Hochschild, 1999
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F4U Corsair Units of the Korean War
When we passed over a black spot on the road, which usually meant a vehicle, we pulled up and did a quick wingover for a strafing pass. 'Due to the reduced visibility, we were well within firing range when we got the pipper on the black ...
Warren Thompson, 2012
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MIG 21: pilots flight operating instruction
Then the safe recovery altitude will be guaranteed and the aircraft will be prevented from entering the transonic zone (the Mach number not exceeding 0.87 to 0.9 H). When the wingover is being performed at full throttle power (the entry Mach ...
COSTARMAEREO, 1972

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WINGOVER»

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Tiverton Land Trust gets $90000 grant to help preserve Wingover
TIVERTON — The dirt road to Wingover Farm is an undulating gold ribbon through green fields on either side. Goldfinch lead the way, bouncing from aster to ... «Fall River Herald News, Jun 15»
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1772 Foundation Doles Out $975000 in Grants
In Rhode Island, Tiverton Land Trust received $90,000 to protect Wingover Farm. Other grant recipients were Connecticut Farmland Trust, East Quabbin Land ... «Patch.com, May 15»
3
Unit 5 designates two neighborhoods as open attendance areas
NORMAL — Families in and near the Healing Stone and Wingover apartment complexes who have children entering or changing schools likely will learn ... «Bloomington Pantagraph, Aug 12»
4
Perfect wingovers by Raul Rodriguez
At the base of the learning pyramid, he explains, is the wingover. Master that and you've got the basic building blocks to move onto harder, more complex ... «Cross Country magazine, Nov 10»
REFERENCE
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