equivalent airspeed

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equivalent airspeed

noun equivalent airspeeds

uncountable, usually Dynamic pressure expressed as airspeed; the airspeed at sea level in the International Standard Atmosphere at which an airplane would experience the same dynamic pressure as it does in its current flight conditions; calibrated airspeed corrected for errors introduced by the compressibility of air at nonzero Mach numbers.
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@misc{equivalent_airspeed_2026,
  title = {equivalent airspeed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/equivalent%20airspeed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}