ground loop

noun, verb — 3 senses

ground loop

noun

Business, Electrical engineering, Electricity, Electromagnetism, Energy, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics A (usually unwanted) current that flows between two points that are meant to be at the same potential, but are not.

Aeronautics, Aerospace, Aviation, Business, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences A sudden, potentially damaging turn made by an aircraft while on the ground, owing to user error or adverse weather conditions.

ground loop

verb

Aeronautics, Aerospace, Aviation, Business, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences To suffer a ground loop manoeuvre.

I slewed into the deep grass, throttled up again to regain runway speed, tried to abort the take-off and ground-looped through the perimeter fence.2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 41:

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