ground effect

Definitions of ground effect
  1. noun
    apparent increase in aerodynamic lift experienced by an aircraft flying close to the ground
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    type of:
    aerodynamic lift, lift
    the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity
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