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Aviation

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

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varsol

Aviation; Aeronautics

A petroleum product similar to naphtha. Varsol is used in aircraft maintenance shops as a degreaser.

naphtha

Aviation; Aeronautics

A petroleum product whose boiling point is between that of gasoline and kerosine. Aliphatic naphtha is used as a cleaning solvent and as an ingredient in certain finishing ...

Stoddard solvent

Aviation; Aeronautics

A petroleum product, similar to naphtha, used as a solvent and a cleaning fluid.

photoconductive cell

Aviation; Aeronautics

A photoelectric device that changes its resistance as the amount of light striking it changes. When the cell is in total darkness, its resistance is maximum, and as light falls on ...

microfiche

Aviation; Aeronautics

A photographic method of record storage in which information to be stored is photographed and printed on sheets of photographic film called fiche. Different formats, ranging from ...

microfilm

Aviation; Aeronautics

A photographic method of record storage in which the information to be stored is photographed, one page at a time, on a long roll of 35-millimeter film. The film, called ...

pilot’s discretion

Aviation; Aeronautics

A phrase that, when used in conjunction with altitude assignments, means that ATC has offered the pilot the option of starting climb or descent whenever he wishes and conducting ...