Aeronautics

Aeronautics

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

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Aeronautics

A form of gasket made of thin copper, formed around a core of asbestos. When the component being sealed by this gasket is screwed tightly into its housing, the gasket is crushed so it conforms to the ...

bar graph

Aviation; Aeronautics

A form of graph used to show relationships existing between different values. In a bar graph, each value is represented by a bar of appropriate length. By comparing the lengths of the bars, we can ...

pliers

Aviation; Aeronautics

A form of gripping hand tool having two pivoted handles and two notched, or serrated, jaws. Common slip-joint pliers are used to hold small objects and to cut and bend wire.

cryogenic gyroscope

Aviation; Aeronautics

A form of gyroscope which uses a spherical rotor made of niobium. The rotor is suspended in a magnetic field and is operated at a cryogenic (extremely low) temperature. At this temperature the ...

binoculars

Aviation; Aeronautics

A form of hand-held optical instrument used to observe distant objects. Binoculars have a set of magnifying lenses for each eye, and prisms are used to get a high degree of magnification in a short ...

shore scleroscope

Aviation; Aeronautics

A form of hardness tester used to determine the hardness of such material such as rubber, metal, or plastic. A metal weight is dropped through a glass tube onto the surface of the material being ...

crazing

Aviation; Aeronautics

A form of heat damage that occurs in a transparent thermoplastic material. Crazing appears as a series of tiny, hairlike cracks in the surface of the plastic. If a material is heated nonuniformly, ...