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Aeronautics
The branch of science that deals with flight aerodynamics and with the operation of all types of aircraft.
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aborted takeoff
Aviation; Aeronautics
A takeoff terminated prematurely when it is determined that some condition exists which makes takeoff or further flight dangerous.
vertical tape instrument
Aviation; Aeronautics
A tall rectangular instrument that displays the quantity of the parameter being measured by a movable strip of colored tape. The presentation resembles a vertical bar graph.
Sitka spruce
Aviation; Aeronautics
A tall, straight spruce tree that grows on the northern Pacific coast of North America. Sitka spruce wood is strong, lightweight, and straight grained, and is used as the reference to which all other ...
nozzle
Aviation; Aeronautics
A tapered end of a duct through which fluid flows. The area of a converging nozzle decreases in the direction the fluid is flowing, and when fluid flows through a converging nozzle at a subsonic ...
mandrel
Aviation; Aeronautics
A tapered shaft or spindle that fits into a hole. A mandrel is used to support and center a device or piece of material so it can be machined in a lathe or balanced on a balancing machine.
tang
Aviation; Aeronautics
A tapered shank sticking out from the blade of a knife or a file. The handle of the knife or file is mounted on the tang.
breakout
Aviation; Aeronautics
A technique used to direct aircraft out of the approach stream. In the context of close parallel operations, a breakout is used to direct threatened aircraft away from a deviating aircraft.
