spool up
English
Verb
spool up (third-person singular simple present spools up, present participle spooling up, simple past and past participle spooled up)
- (aviation, of a turbine engine) To increase in rotational speed, producing an increase in thrust.
- The large rotational inertia of the heavy compressor and turbine rotors makes the engine slow to spool up from idle.
Antonyms
- spool down
Related terms
- spoolup