Postflight
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The portion of the movement after pushing off the vault but before landing on the mat.
"Between the preflight and postflight is the block, a rapid motion in which the gymnast’s hands hit the vault and she pushes herself off, converting the horizontal momentum from her sprint down the runway into vertical momentum."
- 1 After a flight. not-comparable
"The great game of golf offered an antidote to the inevitable dead space — blocks of difficult-to-use hours, pre- and postflight — that are one of business travel’s biggest drags."
Example
More examples"The great game of golf offered an antidote to the inevitable dead space — blocks of difficult-to-use hours, pre- and postflight — that are one of business travel’s biggest drags."
Etymology
From post- + flight.
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