单词 | inverted loop |
释义 | > as lemmasinverted loop inverted loop n. (a) an aerobatic manoeuvre in which an aircraft flies in a vertical loop with the upper surface of its fuselage, wings, etc., on the outside of the curve, and the underside of the aircraft on the inside (cf. outside loop n. at outside n., adj., adv., and prep. Compounds); (b) a vertical loop in a rollercoaster in which the upper surface of the track faces into the curve, so that the car and its passengers are turned upside down at the top of the loop. ΚΠ 1928 N.Y. Times 12 Feb. xx. 13/3 In the Spring of 1927, Lieutenant James Doolittle successfully completed an outside or inverted loop in an army Curtiss Hawk. 1933 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 37 397 In an inverted loop.., the centrifugal force acts in the opposite direction. 1978 Pacific Stars & Stripes 23 Dec. 12/2 (caption) Knotts Berry Farm's ‘Corkscrew’ was the first double inverted loop roller coaster in the country. 1992 Sidewinder..Whewwww!! in rec.roller-coaster (Usenet newsgroup) 27 July The ride has two inverted loops that turn you sideways while also turning you upside down. 1996 Telegraph (Alton, Illinois) 5 Dec. a5/5 [A pilot] was killed when he tried to perform an inverted loop and crashed. 2012 P. G. Kain Dramatic Pause 135 ‘What was the name of that coaster?’ ‘The Screaming Demon... It had three inverted loops and some serious gravity drops.’ < as lemmas |
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