Chinese edit

to lose; to miss; to fail fast; rapid; quick
trad. (失速)
simp. #(失速)
Literally:loss of (air)speed”.

Pronunciation edit


Verb edit

失速

  1. (aeronautics) to stall; to go into a stall (exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in total loss of lift)

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
しつ > しっ
Grade: 4
そく
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun edit

(しっ)(そく) (shissoku

  1. stall (loss of lift due to an airfoil's critical angle of attack being exceeded)
  2. loss of momentum

Verb edit

(しっ)(そく)する (shissoku surusuru (stem (しっ)(そく) (shissoku shi), past (しっ)(そく)した (shissoku shita))

  1. to stall (exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in total loss of lift)
    • 1940, 海野十三, 三重宙返りの記:
      ()はぐんぐん垂直(すいちょく)上昇(じょうしょう)していって、その頂上(ちょうじょう)で、エンジンははたと(とま)り、そして失速(しっそく)する。
      Ki wa gungun suichoku ni jōshō shite itte, sono chōjō de, enjin wa hata to tomari, soshite shissoku suru.
      The plane's nose climbed steadily until it was pointing straight up, then suddenly the engine cut out and we stalled.
  2. lose momentum

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Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Noun edit

失速 (silsok) (hangeul 실속)

  1. Hanja form? of 실속 (stalling).