power dive

Definition of Power Dive in English :

1. power dive

a dive of an airplane that is accelerated both by gravity and by the power of the engine

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Power Dive

noun

1.

a steep dive by an aircraft with its engines at high power

verb power-dive

2.

to cause (an aircraft) to perform a power dive or (of an aircraft) to perform a power dive

Aeronautics

a dive speeded up by the use of engine power

n.

A downward plunge of an aircraft accelerated by both gravity and engine power.