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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Although spaced farther apart than 500 mi., such dromes could easily be reached by ships of long 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 72-footers develop a speed of twenty-eight knots and have a cruising radius exceeding 1200 miles.

From Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights by Miller, Kelly