Aviation

Aviation

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

14Categories 89331Terms

Add a new term

Contributors in Aviation

Become a Contributors

Aviation > Aeronautics

diplex operation

Aviation; Aeronautics

A method of communicating which allows transmission and reception of two signals at the same time. Diplex operation uses a single antenna or a single carrier.

duplex operation

Aviation; Aeronautics

A method of communications in which each end can simultaneously transmit and receive. Communication by telephone is duplex operation. Duplex operation by radiotelephone requires ...

simplex communications

Aviation; Aeronautics

A method of communications in which one station transmits while the other receives, then the second station transmits and the first receives. Simplex communications differs from ...

cascade

Aviation; Aeronautics

A method of connecting multiple stages of electrical circuits so the output of one stage feeds the input of the next stage.

lap winding

Aviation; Aeronautics

A method of connecting the armature coils in a DC generator or motor. The ends of each coil on the armature are connected to the next adjacent commutator segment, and the coils ...

fly-by-wire

Aviation; Aeronautics

A method of control used by some modern aircraft in which control movement or pressures exerted by the pilot are directed into a digital computer where they are input into a ...

electrostatic deflection

Aviation; Aeronautics

A method of controlling the position of a beam of electrons on the face of a cathode-ray tube. The beam of electrons that forms the trace on a cathode-ray tube may be deflected to ...