Aviation

Aviation

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

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complex aircraft

Aviation; Airplane flying

An aircraft with retractable landing gear, flaps, and a controllable-pitch propeller, or is turbine powered.

compression ratio

Aviation; Airplane flying

1. In a reciprocating engine, the ratio of the volume of an engine cylinder with the piston at the bottom center to the volume with the piston at top center. 2. In a turbine ...

compressor bleed air

Aviation; Airplane flying

See BLEED AIR.

compressor bleed valves

Aviation; Airplane flying

See BLEED VALVE.

compressor section

Aviation; Airplane flying

The section of a turbine engine that increases the pressure and density of the air flowing through the engine.

compressor stall

Aviation; Airplane flying

In gas turbine engines, a condition in an axial-flow compressor in which one or more stages of rotor blades fail to pass air smoothly to the succeeding stages. A stall condition ...

compressor surge

Aviation; Airplane flying

A severe compressor stall across the entire compressor that can result in severe damage if not quickly corrected. This condition occurs with a complete stoppage of airflow or a ...