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Aviation

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

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shrinking blocks

Aviation; Aeronautics

A pair of wooden blocks used to clamp a sheet of metal to keep it from buckling when it is hammered with a mallet to shrink it.

samarium

Aviation; Aeronautics

A pale gray, rare-earth, metallic chemical element. Samarium’s symbol is Sm, its atomic number is 62, and its atomic weight is 150.35. Samarium is used in laser technology and as ...

fluorine

Aviation; Aeronautics

A pale yellow, highly corrosive, poisonous, gaseous, halogen chemical element. Fluorine’s symbol is F, its atomic number is 9, and its atomic weight is 18.998. Fluorine is ...

sulfur

Aviation; Aeronautics

A pale yellow, nonmetallic chemical element. Sulfur’s symbol is S, its atomic number is 16, and its atomic weight is 32.064. Sulfur, also spelled sulphur, is extremely important ...

instrument panel

Aviation; Aeronautics

A panel in the cockpit of an aircraft that holds all the indicating instruments used to show the condition of the aircraft and its engines.

rip panel

Aviation; Aeronautics

A panel in the gas bag of a free balloon that can be opened by pulling the rip cord to dump gas from the balloon.

annunciator panel

Aviation; Aeronautics

A panel of warning lights in plain view of the pilot of an airplane or the operator of other types of equipment. The lights are identified by the name of the system they represent ...