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Aviation

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

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slug

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

The unit of mass equal to that which experiences an acceleration of one foot per second, per second when a force of one pound acts on it. It is equal to 32.174 pounds, or 14.5939 ...

pascal

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

The unit of pressure produced when one newton of force acts uniformly over an area of one square meter. One pascal is equal to 14.503 ∙ 10-5 (0.00014503) psi. The kilopascal (kPa) ...

stratosphere

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

The upper part of the Earth’s atmosphere. The stratosphere extends upward from the tropopause, which is approximately 36,000 feet above the surface of the Earth, to approximately ...

reciprocating engine flow divider

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

The valve in an RSA fuel injection system that divides the fuel from the fuel control unit and distributes it to all of the cylinders. It compares with the manifold valve in a ...

Peak voltage

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

The voltage of AC electricity that is measured from zero voltage to the peak of either alternation.

residual voltage

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

The voltage produced in a generator armature when the armature is rotated in the residual magnetism.

secondary winding

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

The winding in a magneto or ignition coil that connects to the distributor rotor. The secondary winding is normally made of very small diameter wire and has a large number of ...