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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varsol

Aviation; Aeronautics

A petroleum product similar to naphtha. Varsol is used in aircraft maintenance shops as a degreaser.

naphtha

Aviation; Aeronautics

A petroleum product whose boiling point is between that of gasoline and kerosine. Aliphatic naphtha is used as a cleaning solvent and as an ingredient in certain finishing materials.

Stoddard solvent

Aviation; Aeronautics

A petroleum product, similar to naphtha, used as a solvent and a cleaning fluid.

A photoelectric device that changes its resistance as the amount of light striking it changes. When the cell is in total darkness, its resistance is maximum, and as light falls on it, its resistance ...

microfiche

Aviation; Aeronautics

A photographic method of record storage in which information to be stored is photographed and printed on sheets of photographic film called fiche. Different formats, ranging from 24 pages to 288 ...

microfilm

Aviation; Aeronautics

A photographic method of record storage in which the information to be stored is photographed, one page at a time, on a long roll of 35-millimeter film. The film, called microfilm, is put into a ...

pilot’s discretion

Aviation; Aeronautics

A phrase that, when used in conjunction with altitude assignments, means that ATC has offered the pilot the option of starting climb or descent whenever he wishes and conducting the climb or descent ...