The Collaborative International Dictionary
Glide path \Glide path\, n. (Aeronautics) the proper path for an airplane approaching a landing strip; also called glide slope.
WordNet
n. the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing [syn: approach path, approach, glide path]
Usage examples of "glide slope".
He elected to stay fast, to counteract sudden drops in airspeed caused by turbulence, until he was on the glide slope.
Doc relayed the word as Scott nudged up the throttles slightly to fly them up to the appropriate glide slope, indicated by a light system called the meatball.
Hot Rock asked, asking the pilot to tell him how his glide slope indicator held the aircraft's position in relation to the ideal glide slope.
On the television in the corner the landing planes were depicted in a silent show filmed from a camera high on the island and one buried in the deck, aimed up the glide slope.
But ever since his too-early retirement, Bill Satherwaite had been on a steep glide slope toward the ground.
Severino watched the F-18 gracefully drop into a clean glide slope.
Lucy began her glide slope over trees, the chop-chop hard air against the ear.