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rate of climb
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rate of climb [′rāt əv ′klīm]
(aerospace engineering)
Ascent of aircraft per unit time, usually expressed as feet per minute.


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The new craft will have battery power more than triple that of Alvin and a maximum ascent and descent rate almost 50 percent faster, characteristics that will enable the new submersible to spend more time on the ocean floor.
The main parachute has a descent rate of 16 feet per second, and the reserve is 21 feet per second.
``Dropping that far in the time he had could be done, but it would have been a high descent rate,'' Crispin said.
 
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