softlandingとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

名詞

soft landing (countable and uncountable, plural soft landings)

1. (countable, aeronautics) A landing that does not result in the destruction of the payload or the vehicle.
2. (countable, economics) A business cycle downturn which avoids recession.
   • 2023 November 4, Harriet Clarfelt, Jennifer Hughes, “Hopes build for US ‘soft landing’”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1:

     Hopes that the US economy is heading for a “soft landing” were boosted yesterday by the latest job figures, fuelling a rally in stocks and bonds.

   • 2024 January 30, Larry Elliott, “IMF warns Jeremy Hunt against tax cuts in budget”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     The IMF said the global economy was gliding towards a “soft landing” after coping with the impact of tough central bank interest-rate action to reduce inflation.

3. (uncountable, chemistry) A form of mass spectrometry characterized by deposition of intact species on surfaces at low kinetic energies which precludes the fragmentation of the incident species.

   Coordinate term: hard landing

動詞

soft landing

1. present participle and gerund of soft land

語源 2

From the beatmania IIDX 2nd style song "SOFT LANDING ON THE BODY".

名詞

soft landing (plural soft landings)

1. (rhythm games, slang) Sudden or extreme changes in speed.

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