soarableadj.
/ˈsɔːrəb(ə)l/ Suitable for soaring flight.
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society > travel > air or space travel > gliding and hang-gliding > [adjective] > soaring > suitable for
soarable1922
1922 Nature 17 June 799/1 When the air at the level of the fin-ray was ‘soarable’, as shown by the behavior of dragon-flies.
1961 Aeroplane & Astronautics 101 163/2 The second day..suffered from clamp in the middle but produced soarable periods at either end.
Derivatives
soaraˈbility n. a soarable condition.
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society > travel > air or space travel > gliding and hang-gliding > [noun] > soaring > suitability of conditions for
soarability1922
1922 Flight 14 620/2 How machines will fare..remains to be seen. The southern slopes are not nearly so steep, and the extent to which they give soar~ability is at present a matter for speculation.
1961 Aeroplane & Astronautics 101 163/2 Nobody went away in the morning soarability, because the post-frontal sky, when it came in late afternoon, should theoretically have been worth waiting for.
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