glide ratio

 

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glide ratio (plural glide ratios)

1. (aviation) The instantaneous ratio of horizontal speed to rate of fall for a glider.
2. The maximum ratio of horizontal speed to rate of fall that a glider can maintain.

• Some sources define glide ratio as reciprocal of the definition given above [1].

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