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Aviation

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

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naphtha

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

A volatile, flammable liquid distilled from petroleum. It is used as a cleaning agent and solvent, and is present in some blended turbine-engine fuels.

ether

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

A volatile, highly flammable liquid that may be used to prime the cylinders of an aircraft engine when starting under extremely cold conditions.

methul ethyl ketone (MEK)

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

A volatile, water soluble, organic chemical compound that is used as a solvent to remove oily contaminants from ignition system components.

carbon pile voltage regulator

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

A voltage regulator for a high output DC generator that uses a stack of pure carbon disks for the variable resistance element. A spring holds pressure on the stack to reduce its ...

turbine

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

A wheel fitted with vanes, or buckets, radiating outward from its circumference. The reactive or aerodynamic force caused by the fluid flowing through the vanes is converted into ...

vortex

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

A whirling mass of air that sucks everything near it toward its center.

test club

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

A wide-blade, short-diameter propeller used on a reciprocating engine when it is run in a test cell. A test club applies a specific load to the engine and forces the maximum ...