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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Aviation; Aeronautics

A term meaning to demonstrate, confirm, validate, or substantiate something. In legal documents it means to plead or allege.

orographic

Aviation; Aeronautics

A term pertaining to mountains or anything caused by mountains. Examples are orographic clouds, orographic lift, and orographic precipitation.

plumbing

Aviation; Aeronautics

A term referring to all of the tubing and hoses used to connect the hydraulic and pneumatic system components in an aircraft; also the tubing and hoses that carry fuel and lubricating oil.

kilomega

Aviation; Aeronautics

A term that has, in the past, been used to represent the quantity 1,000,000,000 or 1 x 109. The prefix giga is now used in place of kilomega.

calculated landing time

Aviation; Aeronautics

A term that may be used in place of tentative or actual calculated landing time, whichever applies.

minus

Aviation; Aeronautics

A term that means a negative value, or a value less than zero. Minus values are indicated by using a short dash in front of the value (–4). A minus sign (the short dash) is used in electricity to ...