Aeronautics

Aeronautics

The branch of science that deals with flight aerodynamics and with the operation of all types of aircraft.

Industry: Aviation

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plain bearing

Aviation; Aeronautics

A bearing made of a material, such as lead or babbitt, that has a low coefficient of friction. Plain bearings can support only loads applied in a direction perpendicular to their surface, and are ...

safety belt

Aviation; Aeronautics

A belt installed in an aircraft to hold the occupants tight in their seat. Safety belts are also called seat belts or lap belts.

A bench-mounted clamp used to hold material while it is being worked on. One jaw of the vise is fixed, and the other is mounted on a screw that allows it to be moved away from or close to the fixed ...

chamfer

Aviation; Aeronautics

A bevel cut on the edge of a piece of metal or plastic. Chamfered edges are more attractive than sharp edges, and they are less likely to cut a person who contacts the edge.

chamfered edge

Aviation; Aeronautics

A beveled edge.

bit

Aviation; Aeronautics

A binary digit (the word bit comes from the words binary digit). A bit, either a zero or a one, is the smallest particle of information in a binary digital system, and all digital information is made ...

gray code

Aviation; Aeronautics

A binary number system in which only one bit changes in each successive binary word. The Gray code is used for optical encoders that translate degrees of shaft movement into a binary signal.