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Dealing with vehicles or machines used in flight or propulsion through the air.
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octagon
Aviation; Aeronautics
A plane (flat), closed, eight-sided figure. In a regular octagon, all sides have the same length, and all of the angles are the same.
hyperbola
Aviation; Aeronautics
A plane curve traced by a point that moves in such a way that the difference of its distance from two fixed points, called foci, remains constant.
trapezoid
Aviation; Aeronautics
A plane, closed, four-sided figure. Only two of the sides of a trapezoid are parallel to each other.
rectangle
Aviation; Aeronautics
A plane, four-sided, closed figure with four right angles. The opposite sides of a rectangle are parallel, but all four sides do not necessarily have the same length. If all sides ...
Koroseal lacing
Aviation; Aeronautics
A plastic lacing material that is available in round or rectangular cross sections and is used for holding wire bundles and tubing together. It holds tension on knots indefinitely ...
phenolic plastic
Aviation; Aeronautics
A plastic material made of a thermosetting phenol-formaldehyde resin, reinforced with cloth or paper. Phenolic plastic materials are used for electrical insulators and control ...
fairlead
Aviation; Aeronautics
A plastic or wooden guide used to prevent a steel control cable from rubbing against an aircraft structure.
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