cruising radius

noun

1. the maximum distance that an aircraft or ship can traverse and then return to its starting point at cruising speed without refueling.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cruising radius¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

We build our destroyers with the widest possible cruising radius; they are expected to go to the West Indies, to operate from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and in general to feel at home anywhere in the great stretch of waters that surround our country.

From Project Gutenberg

Assuming that 900 feet is the typical cruising radius, the areas drawn upon by the trap lines in the three different seasons were approximately as follows: 1949-50—400 acres; 1950-51—350 acres; 1951-52—220 acres.

From Project Gutenberg

If, having been given Tie-Them-Down, the husband still shows no signs of curtailing his cruising radius, he becomes an "Aggravated Case" and the situation calls for Bring-back Powder, similar in nature but greater in potency than Tie-Them-Down.

From Time Magazine Archive

We are not so well provided with bases, and so we must have larger ships of longer cruising radius.

From Time Magazine Archive

"A ship of the size and cruising radius of the Akron could be operated under any conditions."

From Time Magazine Archive