soft landing

Definitions

1. A landing that does not result in the destruction of the payload or the vehicle.
   countable
2. Sudden or extreme changes in speed.
   slang
3. A business cycle downturn which avoids recession.
   countable
4. A form of mass spectrometry characterized by deposition of intact species on surfaces at low kinetic energies which precludes the fragmentation of the incident species.
   uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Hopes that the US economy is heading for a “soft landing” were boosted yesterday by the latest job figures, fuelling a rally in stocks and bonds.”

“The IMF said the global economy was gliding towards a “soft landing” after coping with the impact of tough central bank interest-rate action to reduce⟳ inflation.”

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