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1Acting Pilot Officer — (APO) is the lowest commissioned grade in the Royal Air Force, being immediately junior to Pilot Officer. Unlike other RAF ranks which officers may hold in an acting capacity, Acting Pilot Officer is maintained as a separate grade. It normally… …
2Acting Presidency of Suharto — The Acting Presidency of Suharto followed the Transition to the New Order in which General Suharto was the President albeit on an interim basis. The term lasted from 12th March 1967 until 27th March 1968 when Suharto was officially elected as… …
3Acting President of the Russian Federation — The Acting President of the Russian Federation ( ru. Исполняющие обязанности Президента Российской Федерации) is a temporary post provided by the Constitution of Russia. Acting President is a person who fulfills the duties of President of the… …
4acting — /ak ting/, adj. 1. serving temporarily, esp. as a substitute during another s absence; not permanent; temporary: the acting mayor. 2. designed, adapted, or suitable for stage performance. 3. provided with detailed stage directions for the… …
5acting as agent — An allegation in pleading generally sufficient in attributing a contract made by an agent to his principal. 3 Am J2d Ag § 344. acting within the scope of his office or employment. Acting with authority so as to bind a principal. Acting in line of …
6parallel forces — noun plural : forces acting in parallel lines * * * Mech. forces acting along parallel lines of action. * * * parallel forces, Mechanics. forces that act in parallel lines …
7van der Waal’s forces — Weak attractive forces acting between molecules. They are involved in the van der Waals equation of state for gases which compensates for the actual volume of the molecules and the forces acting between them …
8Polygon of forces — Polygon Pol y*gon, n. [Gr. poly gwnos polygonal; poly s many + gwni a angle: cf. F. polygone.] (Geom.) A plane figure having many angles, and consequently many sides; esp., one whose perimeter consists of more than four sides; any figure having… …
9parallelogram of forces — a parallelogram having two adjacent sides that represent two force vectors and an included diagonal that represents the vector sum * * * parallelogram of forces A figure in which the direction and amount of two component forces are represented by …
10parallelogram of forces — noun A parallelogram, two adjacent sides of which are vectors having the same initial point and representing two forces acting simultaneously upon this point, such that the resultant of the forces is given by the diagonal of the parallelogram… …
