cruising radius

American  

noun

1. the maximum distance that an aircraft or ship can traverse and then return to its starting point at cruising speed without refueling.

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Etymology

Origin of cruising radius

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

We are not so well provided with bases, and so we must have larger ships of longer cruising radius.

From Time Magazine Archive

Since 1926 U. S. naval policy has favored the big cruiser, on the theory that the U. S., lacking naval bases, needed fighters with the maximum offensive cruising radius.

From Time Magazine Archive

The result was a superb instrument of war�with long cruising radius and many-bomb capacity.

From Time Magazine Archive

"A ship of the size and cruising radius of the Akron could be operated under any conditions."

From Time Magazine Archive

A Zeppelin can go anywhere, in fact the cruising radius of a Zeppelin is only limited by the size of the ship and the amount of fuel it can carry.

From Zeppelin The Story of a Great Achievement by Vissering, Harry