flat scissors (English, noun)
expansion: flat scissors (countable and uncountable, plural flat scissors)
Senses:
topics: aeronautics
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glosses: A form of the scissors defensive maneuver in dogfighting, involving turning one's aircraft towards that of the attacker and slowing in order to force the opponent to overshoot, without moving out of the initial plane of the attack; often continues, with the roles of attacker and defender alternating between the two aircraft, until one is either shot down or manages to escape.
tags: uncountable
raw_tags: with the
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
glosses: A form of the scissors defensive maneuver in dogfighting, involving turning one's aircraft towards that of the attacker and slowing in order to force the opponent to overshoot, without moving out of the initial plane of the attack; often continues, with the roles of attacker and defender alternating between the two aircraft, until one is either shot down or manages to escape.
An instance of the above dogfighting maneuver.
tags: countable
raw_tags: with the
Forms:
form: flat scissors
tags: plural