groundspeed|groundspeeds in English

noun

g.s., speed of a flying aircraft relative to the ground it crosses in a given period of time

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1. 18 He glanced at the screen, typed "vitesse au sol" into The French king, and held it up for me to see the Chinese: "Groundspeed."

2. For aerodynamic aircraft which operate relative to the air, winds affect groundspeed, and in the case of lighter-than-air vehicles, wind may play a significant or solitary role in their movement and ground track.