glide ratio

English

Noun

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.

Usage notes

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

Related terms

• glide number

Translations

instantaneous rate of fall

minimum rate of fall

• Finnish: liitoluku

See also

• lift-to-drag ratio

References

• glide ratio on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “glide ratio”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.