step climb

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

動詞

自動詞 航空機 通常

(aviation, usually intransitive, of an aircraft) To periodically climb to higher and higher altitudes during cruise flight, as the aircraft becomes lighter from fuel burnoff, to take advantage of the reduced drag at higher altitudes; like cruise-climbing, but with the aircraft climbing in discrete steps instead of continuously.

日本語の意味

航空機が巡航飛行中に、燃料消費により機体が軽くなるのを利用して、連続的ではなく段階的に高度を上げる操作、すなわち一定のステップを踏みながら高高度へ到達するプロセス

英語の意味

(aviation, usually intransitive, of an aircraft) To periodically climb to higher and higher altitudes during cruise flight, as the aircraft becomes lighter from fuel burnoff, to take advantage of the reduced drag at higher altitudes; like cruise-climbing, but with the aircraft climbing in discrete steps instead of continuously.

このボタンはなに？

The flight crew planned to step climb twice during cruise as the aircraft became lighter from fuel burnoff.

乗務員は、燃料消費で機体が軽くなるにつれて抗力が減る高高度の利点を活かすため、巡航中に段階的に二回上昇する計画を立てた。

詳細

意味（1）

(aviation, usually intransitive, of an aircraft) To periodically climb to higher and higher altitudes during cruise flight, as the aircraft becomes lighter from fuel burnoff, to take advantage of the reduced drag at higher altitudes; like cruise-climbing, but with the aircraft climbing in discrete steps instead of continuously.

The flight plan called for step climbing from an initial cruising altitude of FL330 to the final altitude of FL350 halfway through the flight.

詳細

step climbs （ present singular third-person ）

step climbing （ participle present ）

step climbed （ participle past ）

step climbed （ past ）