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Mil.a line attached to a parachute pack and to a cable in an aircraft for the purpose of automatically opening the parachute after it is dropped.[1925-30]
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static line — stat′ic line n. mil a line attached to a parachute pack and to an aircraft that opens the parachute automatically once it is outside the aircraft … From formal English to slang
static line (air transport) — A line attached to a parachute pack and to a strop or anchor cable in an aircraft so that, when the load is dropped, the parachute is deployed automatically … Military dictionary
static line — noun Date: 1930 a cord attached to a parachute pack and to an airplane to open the parachute after a jumper clears the plane … New Collegiate Dictionary
static line — noun The cord attached from the parachute pack to the plane, used to automatically deploy the parachute … Wiktionary
static line — noun a cord used instead of a rip cord for opening a parachute, attached at one end to the aircraft and temporarily snapped to the parachute at the other … English new terms dictionary
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