compressibility correction
compressibility correction
[kəm‚pres·ə′bil·əd·ē kə′rek·shən] (fluid mechanics)
The correction of the calibrated airspeed caused by compressibility error.
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compressibility correction
A correction applied to rectified airspeed to get equivalent airspeed. This correction is always negative but is generally negligible below 200 to 240 knots.
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