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Aerospace
Industry that includes methods of travel and spacecraft for navigating the air or space.
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electromagnetic spectrum
Aerospace; Satellites
(1) A system that classifies, according to wavelength, all energy that moves, harmonically, at the constant velocity of light. (2) A continuum that is conventionally broken into ...
bit
Aerospace; Satellites
(1) An abbreviation of binary digit. (2) A unit of memory corresponding to the ability to store the result of a choice between two alternatives, used especially in connection with ...
algorithm
Aerospace; Satellites
(1) Any method of computation consisting of a comparatively small number of steps, which are specifically adapted to the solution of a problem of some particular type. The steps ...
saturation
Aerospace; Satellites
(1) In general, the point at which a further increase in input yields no further increase in output. (2) (optics) The presence of the maximum number of wavelengths over the ...
bias
Aerospace; Satellites
(1) In image processing, a persistent difference (not due to sampling error) between the true value of a population characteristic and the value obtained through the estimator ...
nominal
Aerospace; Satellites
(1) In name only; so-called. (2) Loosely, a rough designation or an approximation. (3) According to plan or design: a nominal flight check.
background noise
Aerospace; Satellites
(1) In recording and reproducing, the unwanted disturbance within a useful frequency band, independent of whether or not a signal is present. The signal is not to be included as ...
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- Control systems (1744)
- Satellites (11359)
- Space flight (8863)
- Space shuttle (354)