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Airspeedometer

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airspeed indicatornoun(aviation) An instrument that displays an aircraft's current airspeed.
indicated airspeednoun(aviation) The airspeed displayed by an aircraft's airspeed indicator based on measurements from the pitot-static system; the airspeed used by pilots and air traffic control when flying and controlling aircraft.
calibrated airspeednoun(aviation) An aircraft's indicated airspeed corrected for errors introduced by instrument variations and by the position on the aircraft of the sensors of the aircraft's pitot-static system.
airspeednoun(aviation) The speed of an aircraft relative to the air through which it is flying.
true airspeednoun(aviation) The speed of an aircraft relative to the air mass within which it is flying.
flight instrumentnoun(aviation, usually in the plural) A device that measures and displays data concerning one or more aspects of the situation of an aircraft, such as its altitude, attitude, airspeed, etc.
aerovanenounAn anemometer that combines a propeller and a tail on the same axis to measure wind speed and direction.
variometernoun(aviation) A rate-of-climb indicator.
speedonoun(informal) A speedometer, particularly one in a race car or other automobile.
tachometernounA device for measuring the revolutions per minute (RPMs) of a revolving shaft, as with the driveshaft of an automobile.
rate-of-climb indicatornoun(aviation) An aircraft instrument that provides an indication of the vertical change in position.
rate of climb indicatornoun(aviation) An instrument installed in an aircraft that indicates the rate at which the aircraft is gaining or losing altitude.
accelerometernounAn instrument for measuring acceleration.
knotnounA looping of a piece of string or of any other long, flexible material that cannot be untangled without passing one or both ends of the material through its loops.
air levelnounUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see air, level.
synchroscopenounAn instrument that indicates the degree to which two alternating current systems are synchronised with each other; used especially in electricity generation.
ground speed gauge
groundspeedometer

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