- Industry: Aviation
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Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc. (ASA) develops and markets aviation supplies, software, and books for pilots, flight instructors, flight engineers, airline professionals, air traffic controllers, flight attendants, aviation technicians and enthusiasts. Established in 1947, ASA also provides ...
A battery which can be recharged after it has been discharged. The action in which chemical energy is changed into electrical energy is reversible. This means that electrical energy from a battery charger can be changed into chemical energy to recharge the cell.
Industry:Aviation
A beam of focused electromagnetic energy radiated by radar. It is similar to a flashlight or searchlight beam, except that the frequency of the electromagnetic energy is beyond the visible range.
Industry:Aviation
A beam with all of its support inside the beam itself. It uses no external struts, braces, or wires. A diving board is an example of a cantilever beam.
Industry:Aviation
A bearing made of a material, such as lead or babbitt, that has a low coefficient of friction. Plain bearings can support only loads applied in a direction perpendicular to their surface, and are used as crankshaft bearings in most reciprocating engines.
Industry:Aviation
A belt installed in an aircraft to hold the occupants tight in their seat. Safety belts are also called seat belts or lap belts.
Industry:Aviation
A bench-mounted clamp used to hold material while it is being worked on. One jaw of the vise is fixed, and the other is mounted on a screw that allows it to be moved away from or close to the fixed jaw.
Industry:Aviation
A bevel cut on the edge of a piece of metal or plastic. Chamfered edges are more attractive than sharp edges, and they are less likely to cut a person who contacts the edge.
Industry:Aviation
A binary digit (the word bit comes from the words binary digit).
A bit, either a zero or a one, is the smallest particle of information in a binary digital system, and all digital information is made up of bits. Bits are usually written as 1 for yes, true, or high, and 0 for no, false, or low.
Industry:Aviation
A binary number system in which only one bit changes in each successive binary word. The Gray code is used for optical encoders that translate degrees of shaft movement into a binary signal.
Industry:Aviation
