core lock

== English == === Noun === core lock (uncountable) (aviation, mechanical engineering) Seizure of a turbine engine due to misalignment and loss of clearance between stationary and rotating components, caused by different components cooling and contracting at different rates following engine shutdown or flameout. === Verb === core lock (third-person singular simple present core locks, present participle core locking, simple past and past participle core locked) (aviation, mechanical engineering, of a turbine engine) To experience core lock.