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11Continuous-rod warhead — A continuous rod warhead is a specialized munition that exhibits an annular blast fragmentation pattern. It is used in anti aircraft and anti missile missiles. Contents 1 Early anti aircraft munitions 2 Construction 3 Operation 4 …
12engine-indicating and crew-alerting system — A flight deck display system that displays engine operating data on a cathode ray tube console, thereby eliminating the need for conventional engine instruments. In the event of a malfunction, the flight crew’s attention is drawn to the data,… …
13Continuous Progress Mathematics — The Continuous Progress Mathematics (CPM) system of multi age classrooms organizes students into classes based on their immediate instructional level. Implemented at Peach Plains Elementary School in Grand Haven, Michigan, in the fall of 1992,… …
14continuous-expansion engine — /keuhn tin yooh euhs ik span sheuhn/ a steam engine in which a high pressure cylinder is partly exhausted into a low pressure cylinder during each stroke. * * * …
15engine rating — The engine power permitted for specific flight conditions and timings (e.g., takeoff power, continuous rating, maximum afterburner rating, emergency rating) …
16continuous-expansion engine — /keuhn tin yooh euhs ik span sheuhn/ a steam engine in which a high pressure cylinder is partly exhausted into a low pressure cylinder during each stroke …
17continuous-duty ignition system — A secondary ignition system in a gas turbine engine in which one igniter plug keeps firing continuously. The system is used on takeoff and landing and when flying in weather conditions that are conducive to flameout …
18Internal combustion engine — The internal combustion engine is an engine in which the combustion of a fuel (normally a fossil fuel) occurs with an oxidizer (usually air) in a combustion chamber. In an internal combustion engine, the expansion of the high temperature and high …
19internal-combustion engine — an engine of one or more working cylinders in which the process of combustion takes place within the cylinders. [1880 85] * * * Any engine in which a fuel air mixture is burned in the engine proper so that the hot gaseous products of combustion… …
20Gas engine — This article is about engines that use gaseous fuel. For gasoline engines, see Petrol engine. For other uses, see Internal combustion engine. Model of an S type Hartop Gas Engine. A gas engine means an engine running on a gas, such as coal gas,… …
