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dogleg
dog·leg D0323400 (dôg′lĕg′, dŏg′-)n.1. a. Something that has a sharp bend, especially a road or route that bends abruptly.b. A sharp bend or turn: Make a dogleg at the fire station and continue south.2. Sports A golf hole in which the fairway is abruptly angled.intr.v. dog·legged, dog·leg·ging, dog·legs To make a sharp bend or turn: The street doglegs to the left. [From the resemblance of such a bend to the hock of a dog's hind leg .] dog′leg′ged (-lĕg′ĭd, -lĕgd′) adj.dogleg (ˈdɒɡˌlɛɡ) na. a sharp bend or angleb. something with a sharp bendvb, -legs, -legging or -legged (intr) to go off at an angleadjof or with the shape of a dogleg doglegged adjdog•leg (ˈdɔgˌlɛg, ˈdɒg-) n., adj., v. -legged, -leg•ging. n. 1. a route or course that turns at a sharp angle. v.i. 2. to proceed around a sharp angle or along a zigzag course. [1885–90] dogleg Past participle: doglegged Gerund: doglegging
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doglegHole with a sharp bend in it between tee and green.ThesaurusNoun | 1. | dogleg - angle that resembles the hind leg of a dogangle - the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians | | 2. | dogleg - a golf hole with a sharp angle in the fairwaygolf hole, hole - one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course; "he played 18 holes" | Translationsdogleg
dogleg[′dȯg‚leg] (navigation) That portion of a flight which does not lead directly to the destination or way point, followed to comply with established flight procedures, avoid possible dangers or bad weather areas, or delay time of arrival. (petroleum engineering) Bend or sudden direction change in a wellhole that can cause tubing wear and failure. doglegSaid of a facility having one or more right-angled bends, as in a dogleg stair.doglegIn this case, aircraft alters course by 60 degrees and flies the new course, for say, one minute. After one minute the pilot alters course by 120 degrees and flies this course for one minute and thereafter gets onto the original course in this process. The aircraft would have lost one minute. Other dog leg procedures involve alteration of original course by 30 and 45 degrees.An intentional, temporary moving away from the track and returning to it later on with a view to either lose time or avoid bad weather or an obstruction. The two common methods of doglegs are to alter one's course by 30°/45° and fly for a fixed period of time. Thereafter, the pilot can alter the aircraft's course by double the original change (i.e., by 60°/90°) and fly this leg for the same period of time. At the end of this period, the original course is resumed, assuming there is no wind.dogleg
Words related to doglegnoun angle that resembles the hind leg of a dogRelated Wordsnoun a golf hole with a sharp angle in the fairwayRelated Words |