LOOP-THE-LOOP

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A flight maneuver; aircraft flies a complete circle in the vertical plane

Synonyms:

loop; loop-the-loop

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("loop-the-loop" is a kind of...):

airplane maneuver; flight maneuver (a maneuver executed by an aircraft)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "loop-the-loop"):

inside loop (a loop consisting of a climb followed by inverted flight followed by a dive that returns to horizontal flight)

outside loop (a loop consisting of a dive followed by inverted flight followed by a climb that returns to horizontal flight)