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Aviation

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

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growler

Aviation; Aeronautics

A piece of electrical test equipment used to check armatures in DC motors and generators for open or shorted turns in the windings. The armature to be tested is placed on the ...

exponent

Aviation; Aeronautics

A number written above and to the right of a mathematical expression, called the base. An exponent tells the number of times the base is to be used as a factor (a part of the ...

air traffic control equipment (TPX-42 )

Aviation; Aeronautics

A numeric beacon decoder equipment/system, designed to be added to terminal radar systems for beacon decoding. TPX-42 provides rapid target identification, reinforcement of the ...

zero

Aviation; Aeronautics

A numerical quantity that has no value. Zero is used as a reference point on a number line from which values on both sides of zero are measured.

anchor nut

Aviation; Aeronautics

A nut riveted or welded to a structure in such a way that a screw or bolt can be screwed into it. An anchor nut does not need to be held with a wrench to keep it from turning.

acorn nut

Aviation; Aeronautics

A nut with a domed top. The threaded hole does not go completely through the nut, but the end of the threads is covered by the dome. Acorn nuts, also called cap nuts, are used on ...

Mobius strip

Aviation; Aeronautics

A one-sided surface twisted in the form of a loop. A Mobius strip, or Mobius loop, is made by taking a long strip of material, holding one end stationary, twisting the other end ...