cruising speed
Steady flight rate
Cruising speed is the velocity at which a vehicle—typically an aircraft or ship—operates most efficiently over sustained distances, balancing fuel economy against time.
Cars and other vehicles have cruising speeds too: We hit cruising speed on the highway.
Figuratively, reaching cruising speed means settling into a comfortable, sustainable pace after an initial adjustment period: The new employee finally hit cruising speed after a few weeks.
- cruisingMoving at relaxed pace
- groundspeedRate across terrain
- speedboatingHigh-velocity watercraft recreation
- airspeedAircraft's atmospheric velocity
- fuel economyVehicle efficiency rating
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- nautical termsahoy, afloat, aye aye, aye-aye, becalmed
- speed termsacceleration, momentum, terminal velocity, rate of change, airspeed
- speedsterminal velocity, escape velocity, orbital velocity, supersonic, subsonic
- aircraft speedssupersonic, subsonic, hypersonic, airspeed, true airspeed
- flight propertiesairspeed, altitude, velocity, lift, drag
- ship speedsknots, dead slow
cruising speedacceleration
Rate velocity changes
deceleration · braking · full stop · variable speed · takeoff speed
cruising speedmaximum effort
full throttle · top speed · maximum speed · redline · peak performance
cruising speeddead stop
Complete cessation of motion
standstill · stationary · at rest · parked · halted
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