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Dealing with vehicles or machines used in flight or propulsion through the air.

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ethanol

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

Alcohol made from cereal grains such as corn.

methanol

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

Alcohol made from wood.

distributed pole stator winding

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

Alternator stator windings wound in a series of slots in the stator frame. A distributed pole stator is distinguished from a salient pole stator whose coils are wound around ...

integrated drive generator (IDG)

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

An AC generator installed on turbine engines. An IDG incorporates a brushless, threephase AC generator and a constant-speed drive in a single component.

bootstrapping

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

An action that is self-initiating or selfsustaining. In a turbocharger system, bootstrapping describes a transient increase in engine power that causes the turbocharger to speed ...

viscosity index improver

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

An additive used to produce a multi-viscosity lubricating oil. The polymer additive expands as temperature increases and contracts as temperature decreases. VI improvers cause ...