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Dealing with vehicles or machines used in flight or propulsion through the air.
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absolute humidity
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
The actual amount of the water vapor in a mixture of air and water.
absolute pressure
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
Equal to gauge pressure plus atmospheric pressure. Also known as psia.
absolute temperature
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
Temperature measured relative to absolute zero. Absolute temperature scales include Kelvin and Rankine.
acceleration due to gravity
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
The acceleration of an object caused by gravity. On earth, it is measured as 32.2 feet per second per second (32.2 fps/s).
addition
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
The process in which the value of one number is added to the value of another.
Advisory Circulars (AC)
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
Issued to inform the aviation public in a systematic way of nonregulatory material. An AC is issued to provide guidance and information in a designated subject area or to show a ...
Aircraft Specifications
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
FAA recordkeeping documents issued for both type-certificated and non-typecertificated products which have been found eligible for U.S. airworthiness certification.
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