Mach tuck

English

Alternative forms

  • Mach-tuck (verb only)

Noun

Mach tuck (uncountable)

  1. (aviation, aerodynamics) A change in an aircraft's pitching tendency at transonic speeds, often manifesting as a strong tendency to pitch down into a dive.

Synonyms

  • tuck-under

Verb

Mach tuck (third-person singular simple present Mach tucks, present participle Mach tucking, simple past and past participle Mach tucked)

  1. (aviation, aerodynamics) To experience Mach tuck.
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