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ABSOLUTE CEILING

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Dictionary entry overview: What does absolute ceiling mean?

• ABSOLUTE CEILING (noun)
The noun ABSOLUTE CEILING has 1 sense:

1. the maximum altitude at which an airplane can maintain horizontal flight

Familiarity information: ABSOLUTE CEILING used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ABSOLUTE CEILING (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The maximum altitude at which an airplane can maintain horizontal flight

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("absolute ceiling" is a kind of...):

ceiling (maximum altitude at which a plane can fly (under specified conditions))

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