"Gary Drescher" wrote in message
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True, it's a recognized technical meaning. But it's still obscure and
confusing--especially since nothing in the dictionary lets anyone know
that
the more common meaning (for an engine to stop inadvertently) is never
used
by pilots with regard to an airplane's engine.


It's in a standard dictionary, and no more technical than the definition
immediately preceding it, "the sudden, unintended loss of power or
effectiveness in an engine." Perhaps the problem is the rather limited
vocabulary of most journalists?