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service ceiling

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The maximum altitude above sea level at which an aircraft can sustain a minimum rate of ascent.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun altitude above which a plane cannot climb faster than a given rate

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