leans

noun — 2 senses

leans

noun

/liːnz/

1

Aeronautics, Aerospace, Aviation, Business, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences With the A dangerous sensory illusion where the pilot of an aircraft believes themselves to be in a bank when they are actually wings-level, or vice-versa, often resulting in spatial disorientation and loss of control of the aircraft.

  • If you don't use your flight instruments when flying in cloud, you can easily get the leans and enter a fatal graveyard spiral.
2

plural of lean

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