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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Internal supercharger drain valve

Aviation; Aeronautics

A pressure-operated valve in the bottom of the internal supercharger section of a reciprocating engine that is open when the pressures inside and outside the supercharger housing are the same. Excess ...

Nimbostratus

Aviation; Aeronautics

A principal cloud type, grey coloured and often dark. The appearance of nimbostratus clouds is often diffused by more or less continuously falling rain or snow, which in most cases reaches the ...

Aileron

Aviation; Aeronautics

A primary flight control surface mounted on the trailing edge of an airplane wing, near the tip. Ailerons operate by lateral movement of the control wheel or stick, and their displacement causes the ...

Avogadro’s principle

Aviation; Aeronautics

A principle of physics which states that under equal pressure and temperature, equal volumes of all gases contain equal numbers of molecules.

Mother board

Aviation; Aeronautics

A printed circuit board used in modern electronic equipment to supply power and to carry electrical signals to other printed circuit boards that are plugged into it.

Corrosion inhibiting primer

Aviation; Aeronautics

A primer which prevents, or at least slows, the formation of corrosion in the metal it covers.

Distance measuring equipment (DME)

Aviation; Aeronautics

A pulse-type electronic navigation system that shows the pilot, by an instrument-panel indication, the number of nautical miles between the aircraft and a ground station. The DME transmitter in the ...