soft-landing

A form of soft-land — To land (a vehicle or other payload) on the surface of a body in such a manner that it survives the landing mostly or entirely intact and is usable or able to operate, at least briefly, following touchdown.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of soft-land

    Its [the gantry crane's] noise-mitigation characteristics even include a soft-landing feature to minimise the noise when containers are lowered.

    2023 December 27, Richard Foster, “New rail freight terminal leads the way”, in RAIL, number 999, page 41
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APA

soft-landing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soft-landing

MLA

“soft-landing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soft-landing. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “soft-landing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soft-landing.

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