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GROUND EFFECT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Apparent increase in aerodynamic lift experienced by an aircraft flying close to the ground
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("ground effect" is a kind of...):
aerodynamic lift; lift (the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity)