hard landing (English, noun)
expansion: hard landing (countable and uncountable, plural hard landings)
Senses:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An excessively-forceful touchdown, potentially causing damage to the aircraft.
tags: countable
uncountable
topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An uncontrolled landing that results in the destruction of the payload or the vehicle.
tags: countable
uncountable
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: A marked economic slowdown or downturn following a period of rapid growth.
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: hard landings
tags: plural