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

Some features: Szekely 3-cylinder motor of 40 h. p.; top speed 80 m. p. h., cruising 70, landing 28 Fuel consumption: about one gallon to 25 mi.; cruising radius 200 mi.

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

This cut down their cruising radius from 1,000 to 700 mi. and made necessary a food and fuel way-station betwen Etah and Axel-Heiberg Land.

From Time Magazine Archive

Assuming that 900 feet is the typical cruising radius, the areas drawn upon by the trap lines in the three different seasons were approximately as follows: 1949-50—400 acres; 1950-51—350 acres; 1951-52—220 acres.

From Ecology of the Opossum on a Natural Area in Northeastern Kansas by Fitch, Henry S.