postflight

adj, noun — 2 senses

postflight

adj

Etymology From post- + flight.

1

After a flight.

The great game of golf offered an antidote to the inevitable dead space — blocks of difficult-to-use hours, pre- and postflight — that are one of business travel’s biggest drags.2007 September 4, John Berg, “Time on the Greens Beats Time at the Gate”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 10 Jan 2021:

postflight

noun

Etymology From post- + flight.

1

Gymnastics, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports The portion of the movement after pushing off the vault but before landing on the mat.

Between the preflight and postflight is the block, a rapid motion in which the gymnast’s hands hit the vault and she pushes herself off, converting the horizontal momentum from her sprint down the runway into vertical momentum.2024 July 27, Maggie Astor, “Your Guide to Olympic Gymnastics: Vault”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 31 Jul 2024:

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