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Aviation

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

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wheel well

Aviation; Aeronautics

A part of an aircraft structure that houses the landing gear when it is retracted. Wheel wells may be part of the wing, engine nacelle, or fuselage.

chin

Aviation; Aeronautics

A part of an aircraft structure that sticks out from the bottom of the forward part of the fuselage. Some multiengine military aircraft have chin turrets. These are turrets in ...

crack

Aviation; Aeronautics

A partial separation in a piece of material caused by vibration, overloading, or internal stresses.

nose rib

Aviation; Aeronautics

A partial wing rib that extends back only to the front spar. Nose ribs, also called false ribs, are installed between each full rib to support the leading edge and give the wing ...

beta particle

Aviation; Aeronautics

A particle emitted from the nucleus of an atom during radioactive decay. A negative beta particle is the same as an electron, and a positive beta particle (called a positron) has ...

neutron

Aviation; Aeronautics

A particle in the nucleus of an atom which has mass, but no electrical charge. A neutron has about the same mass as a proton, and it adds weight to the atom, but does not affect ...

fungicidal paste

Aviation; Aeronautics

A paste containing an agent that kills the spores of fungus and mildew. This fungicidal paste is added to the dope used for the first coat applied to cotton or linen fabric.