angle of climb
Americannoun
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As it bore into the upper atmosphere on an ever-increasing angle of climb, its own artificial gravity system took over and gave the illusion of horizontal flight with the Earth receding slowly behind.
From The Memory of Mars by Finlay, Virgil
He coughed, and shook sweat from his face, and held the ship at the correct angle of climb.
From Dave Dawson at Dunkirk by Bowen, Robert Sydney
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