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stack-up
[f. vbl. phr. to stack up: see stack v.1 1 b.]
The arrangement of objects in a stack or pile; a build-up. spec. in Aeronaut. = stack n. 1 e.
1945F. Walton Airman's Almanac 403 Stack-up, air⁓planes flying at different altitudes over an airport awaiting signal to land. 1948Jrnl. R. Aeronaut. Soc. LII. 681/2 Once the diversion and ‘stack up’ problem is eliminated the plain jet..can become almost as cheap to operate as propeller-powered aircraft. 1950Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 14 Dec. 1/8 The department has under study a plan for shifting first class surface mail to the air lines in order to avoid a stack-up of such mail. 1970Sci. Amer. Mar. 86/1 Unsafe weather conditions at air⁓ports, forcing the stack-up and diversion of aircraft,..take an immense annual toll in inconvenience. 1976Lebende Sprachen XXI. 153/2 The failure was caused by a build-up/stack-up of adverse manufacturing tolerances. |