Meaning of shock stalled | Babel Free
Definitions
Adjective. [B2]
Examples
“The Meteor, Group Captain [Hugh Joseph] Wilson said, puts its nose up at the shock⟳ stall, so that had the aircraft become⟳ fully shock⟳ stalled during the record⟳ runs, the pilot would probably have⟳ been able to recover⟳ without hitting the sea. But at the speeds achieved—the fastest run⟳ recorded being 983 kilometers or 611 m.p.h.—only parts of the Meteor (for instance, the area over the wind screen) were shock⟳ stalled.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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