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Aviation

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

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ice bridging

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

A spark plug failure that occurs when starting a reciprocating engine in extremely cold weather. When a cylinder fires, the fuel-air mixture is converted into carbon dioxide and ...

dewar bottle

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

A special container used to store liquid oxygen and liquid nitrogen. A Dewar bottle has an inner and an outer container, and the space between them forms a vacuum. The two ...

slow-blow ruse

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

A special type of electrical circuit protection device that allows a momentary flow of excess current, but opens the circuit if the excessive flow is sustained.

venture

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

A specially shaped restrictor in a tube designed to speed up the flow of fluid passing through it. According to Bernoulli’s principal, any time the flow of fluid speeds up without ...