1. shock stall - Noun
2. shock stall - Verb
shock stall (plural shock stalls)
(aviation) A stall (“sudden loss of lift”) caused when the airflow over an aircraft's wings is disturbed by shock waves that occurs at a specific Mach number when the aircraft is accelerating to transonic speeds.
shock stall (third-person singular simple present shock stalls, present participle shock stalling, simple past and past participle shock stalled)
(intransitive, aviation) Of an aircraft or a component of it: to undergo a shock stall.
shock-stall (plural shock-stalls)
Alternative form of shock stall
shock-stall (third-person singular simple present shock-stalls, present participle shock-stalling, simple past and past participle shock-stalled)
Alternative form of shock stall
shock-stall