equivalent airspeed
noun1
Aeronautics, Aerospace, Aviation, Business, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences 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.
- Synonyms
- EAS
- Coordinate terms
- calibrated airspeed, indicated airspeed, true airspeed