cruising radius

noun

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

Origin of cruising radius

First recorded in 1925–30

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He could not possibly reach any outpost of civilization in the torpoon, for her cruising radius was only twenty hours.
Under Arctic Ice | H.G. Winter
Further, it is capable of use in such a way as to add immensely to the cruising radius of submarines.
The Submarine in War and Peace | Simon Lake
The 72-footers develop a speed of twenty-eight knots and have a cruising radius exceeding 1200 miles.
Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights | Kelly Miller
We had not been within the cruising radius more than four hours before the long-silent; cry of "Blo-o-o-w!"
The Cruise of the Cachalot | Frank T. Bullen
When below surface she was a sealed tube of metal one hundred feet long, and possessed of an enormous cruising radius.
Astounding Stories, February, 1931 | Various

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