Meaning of phugoid | Babel Free

Definitions

Of the motion of an aircraft, missile, or other flying object: continuously oscillating in a vertical plane due to the object pitching up and climbing, thus slowing down; then pitching down and descending, thus speeding up.

not-comparable

Examples

“The Phugoid theory deals with the longitudinal stability, and the form and equations of the flight path of an aerodone.”

CEFR level