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Often used to measure the length of an object. It provides greater accuracy than a ruler.
Industry:Aviation
A loop of wire, often wrapped around a metal core, which produces a magnetic field when an electrical current is passed through it.
Industry:Aviation
The ratio of the mass of a solid or liquid to the mass of an equal volume of water.
Industry:Aviation
The quantity of heat necessary to increase the temperature of a unit of the mass of a substance 1 °C. The specific heat of a substance is the ratio of its specific heat capacity to the specific heat capacity of water.
Industry:Aviation
The speed of sound at sea level under standard temperature and pressure conditions is 1,108 feet per second or 658 knots.
Industry:Aviation
A leveling instrument placed on or against a specified place on the aircraft. Spirit levels have vials that are full of liquid, except for a small air bubble. When the air bubble is centered between the two black lines, a level condition is indicated.
Industry:Aviation
A non-negative number that must be multiplied by itself to equal a given number.
Industry:Aviation
The weight of the airframe, engines, all permanently installed equipment, and unusable fuel. Depending upon the part of the Federal regulations under which the aircraft was certificated, either the undrainable oil or full reservoir of oil is included.
Industry:Aviation
