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  • 1air-cushion machine — ▪ vehicle Introduction also called  ground effect machine,  or  hovercraft,         any of the machines characterized by movement in which a significant portion of the weight is supported by forces arising from air pressures developed around the… …

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  • 2Machine gun — [ thumb|200px|An illustration of later model 19th century Gatling gun. It was a multi barreled rotary machine gun fired via a manual crank, which mechanically loaded and primed cartridges from the hopper above the gun] : For other uses of the… …

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  • 3machine gun — a small arm operated by a mechanism, able to deliver a rapid and continuous fire of bullets as long as the trigger is pressed. [1865 70] * * * Automatic weapon capable of rapid, sustained fire, usually 500–1,000 rounds per minute. Developed in… …

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  • 4Air New Zealand — IATA NZ ICAO ANZ Callsign NEW ZEALAND …

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  • 5Air France Flight 8969 — Simulation of the GIGN intervention Hijacking summary Date 24 December 1994 …

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  • 6Machine Robo Rescue — 出撃!マシンロボレスキュー (Shutsugeki! Mashin Robo Resukyū) Genre Adventure, Mecha TV anime Directed by Hideki Sonoda …

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  • 7machine — machine, mechanism, machinery, apparatus, engine, motor are comparable especially when they denote a device or system by which energy can be converted into useful work. Machine is at once the most fundamental of these terms and the most varied in …

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  • 8Air Florida Flight 90 — Salvage operations on January 19, 1982 Accident summary Date January 13, 1982 Type …

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  • 9air warfare — Military operations conducted by airplanes, helicopters, or other aircraft against aircraft or targets on the ground and in the water. Air warfare did not become important until World War I (1914–18). The British, French, German, Russian, and… …

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  • 10machine — machineless, adj. /meuh sheen /, n., v., machined, machining. n. 1. an apparatus consisting of interrelated parts with separate functions, used in the performance of some kind of work: a sewing machine. 2. a mechanical apparatus or contrivance;… …

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