stall
1. a small often temporary stand or booth for the display and sale of goods
2. in a church
a. one of a row of seats, usually divided from the others by armrests or a small screen, for the use of the choir or clergy
b. a pen
3. an instance of an engine stalling
4. a condition of an aircraft in flight in which a reduction in speed or an increase in the aircraft's angle of attack causes a sudden loss of lift resulting in a downward plunge
5. Brit
a. a seat in a theatre or cinema that resembles a chair, usually fixed to the floor
b. the area of seats on the ground floor of a theatre or cinema nearest to the stage or screen
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stall
[stȯl] (aerospace engineering)
The action or behavior of an airplane (or one of its airfoils) when by the separation of the airflow, as in the case of insufficient airspeed or of an excessive angle of attack, the airplane or airfoil tends to drop; the condition existing during this behavior.
A flight performance in which an airplane is made to lose flying speed and to drop by pointing the nose steeply upward.
An act or instance of stalling.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
stall
1. A fixed seat enclosed wholly or partially at the back and sides.
2. (Brit.) In the theater, a seat in the front division of the parquet (orchestra stalls).
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stall
Airflow over an aerofoil at stalling angle.
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