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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slide-wire potentiometer

Aviation; Aeronautics

A form of variable resistor in which the amount of resistance used in a circuit is determined by the position of a contact along a length of resistance wire. The amount of resistance is directly ...

A form of welding in which a fuel gas, such as acetylene or hydrogen, is mixed with oxygen in the mixing chamber of a torch. When these gases are burned, they produce the large amount of heat needed ...

diffusion welding

Aviation; Aeronautics

A form of welding in which the surfaces to be joined are melted and pressed together. The edge of one surface diffuses into the edge of the other.

hot-wire anemometer

Aviation; Aeronautics

A form of wind-speed indicator in which the wind whose speed being measured passes over a wire heated by an electrical current. The amount of heat the moving air removes from the wire is proportional ...

casing nail

Aviation; Aeronautics

A form of wire nail made of smaller gage wire than that used for a common nail of the same length.

crosscut saw

Aviation; Aeronautics

A form of wood saw having short, sharp, knife-like teeth. A crosscut saw is used to cut wood across its grain.

Wheatstone bridge

Aviation; Aeronautics

A four-arm electrical bridge circuit used to measure resistance. An unknown resistance is placed in one arm of the bridge and is compared with a variable, or known, resistance in an opposite ...