shock stalls

A form of shock stall — A stall (“sudden loss of lift”) caused when the airflow over an aircraft's wings is disturbed by shock waves that occurs at a specific Mach number when the aircraft is accelerating to transonic speeds.

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Meanings

noun

alternative shock-stalls

  1. pluralplural of shock stall
verb

alternative shock-stalls

  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of shock stall
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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shock stalls,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shock%20stalls.

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