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Aviation

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

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delta P (ΔP)

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

Differential pressure.

pulsating DC

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

Direct current whose voltage periodically changes, but whose electrons flow in the same direction all of the time.

general aviation airworthiness alerts

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

Documents published by the FAA as Advisory Circulars 43.16. These are used to alert technicians of problems that have been found in specific models of aircraft, and reported on ...

alternating current (AC)

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

Electrical current in which the electrons continually change their rate of flow and periodically reverse their direction.

RF energy

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

Electromagnetic energy with a frequency high enough to radiate from any conductor through which it is flowing.

valence electrons

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

Electrons in the outer shell, or ring, around the nucleus of an atom. It is the valence electrons that give an atom its electrical characteristics and are the electrons that may ...

aramid fiber

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

Fiber made from an organic compound of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen. It has high strength and low density. It is flexible under load and is able to withstand impact, ...