equivalent airspeed

noun

equivalent airspeed

noun
1

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

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