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Aviation

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

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regeneration

Aviation; Aeronautics

A method of increasing the gain of an amplifier by feeding part of the amplified signal back into its input in phase with the input signal. If too much energy is fed back into the ...

hard-facing

Aviation; Aeronautics

A method of increasing the hardness of the face of a steel tool to keep it from being worn away in normal use. Hard-facing is done by welding, plating, or spraying a hard ...

boring

Aviation; Aeronautics

A method of increasing the size of a hole in a piece of material by cutting it with a rotary cutting tool.

cold working

Aviation; Aeronautics

A method of increasing the strength and hardness of metal without the use of external heat. Cold working is done by hammering the metal, bending it back and forth, or pulling it ...

blending

Aviation; Aeronautics

A method of repairing damaged compressor and turbine blades. The damage is removed and the area is cleaned out with a fine file to form a shallow depression with generous radii. ...

constant-current charge

Aviation; Aeronautics

A method of restoring the charge to a storage battery by connecting it across a source of direct current that can be maintained at a constant value by varying the voltage as the ...

staking

Aviation; Aeronautics

A method of securing a part in a recess in a metal surface. For example, a disk can be fastened in a counterbored hole by staking the edges of the hole. The disk is put into the ...