fugoid

English

Noun

fugoid (plural fugoids)

1. Alternative spelling of phugoid
   • 2016 November 2, Rob Taylor, “Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 likely in steep dive before crash”, in The Wall Street Journal‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: Dow Jones & Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-26:

     As well as physical debris, the report drew on recent analysis by Australian defense scientists of burst frequency signals from Flight 370 to satellites that indicated the aircraft had been descending fast, likely in an automated series of swooping dives called fugoids.