retreating
1Retreating — Retreat Re*treat , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Retreated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Retreating}.] To make a retreat; to retire from any position or place; to withdraw; as, the defeated army retreated from the field. [1913 Webster] The rapid currents drive… …
2retreating — adj. Retreating is used with these nouns: ↑army, ↑figure, ↑footstep …
3Retreating blade stall — is a hazardous flight condition in helicopters and other rotary wing aircraft, where the rotor blade rotating away from the direction of flight stalls. The stall is due to low relative airspeed and/or excessive angle of attack (or AOA).… …
4retreating-blade stall — The stall of a helicopter rotor disc that occurs starting at the tip of the retreating blade. This happens when the helicopter forward speed is high. The individual angle of attack of the retreating blade becomes larger because the downward blade …
5retreating blade — The process of the rotor blade moving away from the relative airflow (i.e., in the direction opposite to which the helicopter is flying). See retreating blade stall …
6retreating — Synonyms and related words: boat shaped, boatlike, bowl shaped, bowllike, cavelike, cavernous, concave, concaved, craterlike, cup shaped, cupped, cymbiform, declining, diminishing, dish shaped, dished, dishing, dishlike, dwindling, dying, ebbing …
7retreating — re·treat || rɪ trɪËt n. withdrawal, act of drawing back; sanctuary, refuge, haven; period of seclusion for study or prayer v. draw back, withdraw, pull back, depart …
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9Vilnian National Guard — Retreating French army after unsuccessful invasion of Russia in 1812 at the Town Hall of Vilnius Vilnian National Guard (Polish: Gwardia Narodowa Wileńska) was a paramilitary unit formed in the city of Vilna (modern Vilnius, Lithuani …
10Retreat of glaciers since 1850 — The retreat of glaciers since 1850, worldwide and rapid, affects the availability of fresh water for irrigation and domestic use, mountain recreation, animals and plants that depend on glacier melt, and in the longer term, the level of the oceans …
