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  • 111environment — environmental, adj. environmentally, adv. /en vuy reuhn meuhnt, vuy euhrn /, n. 1. the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu. 2. Ecol. the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors… …

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  • 112steel — steellike, adj. /steel/, n. 1. any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying …

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  • 113Model aircraft — A die cast Boeing 747 400 model. Model aircraft are flying or non flying models of existing or imaginary aircraft using a variety of materials including plastic, diecast metal, polystyrene, balsa wood, foam and fibreglass. Flying designs range… …

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  • 114Sea kayak — A sea kayak on Valdes Island, British Columbia, Canada. A sea kayak or touring kayak is a kayak developed for the sport of paddling on open waters of lakes, bays, and the ocean. Sea kayaks are seaworthy small boats with a covered deck and the… …

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  • 115Homebuilt aircraft — Also known as amateur built aircraft or kit planes , homebuilt aircraft are constructed by persons for whom this is not a professional activity. These aircraft may be constructed from scratch, from plans, or from assembly kits. The safety record… …

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  • 116Rolladen-Schneider LS7 — NOTOC The Rolladen Schneider LS7 is a high performance Standard Class single seat sailplane produced by Rolladen Schneider Flugzeugbau GmbH from 1988 to 1993.The LS7 was developed as the successor to the LS4, one of the most successful gliders… …

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  • 117Disasters — ▪ 2009 Introduction Aviation       January 23, Poland. A Spanish built CASA transport plane carrying members of the Polish air force home from a conference on flight safety in Warsaw crashes near the town of Miroslawiec; all 20 aboard are killed …

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  • 118leavening agent — ▪ baking       substance causing expansion of doughs and batters by the release of gases within such mixtures, producing baked products with porous structure. Such agents include air, steam, yeast, baking powder, and baking soda.       Leavening… …

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  • 119ParkZone — is a brand of intermediate level, radio controlled electric model aircraft produced and distributed by American hobby manufacturer Horizon Hobby of Champaign, Illinois, USA. The name is taken from the term park flyer, denoting a relatively small …

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  • 120Cellulose insulation — The word cellulose comes from the French word for a living cellule and glucose, which is sugar. Insulation is low thermal conductivity material used to separate the internal climate and sounds of a building from external climate and sounds.… …

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