COMBAT CEILING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does combat ceiling mean? 

• COMBAT CEILING (noun)
  The noun COMBAT CEILING has 1 sense:

1. altitude above which a plane cannot climb faster than a given rate

  Familiarity information: COMBAT CEILING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMBAT CEILING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Altitude above which a plane cannot climb faster than a given rate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

combat ceiling; service ceiling

Hypernyms ("combat ceiling" is a kind of...):

ceiling (maximum altitude at which a plane can fly (under specified conditions))