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81Throttle — A throttle is the mechanism by which the flow of a fluid is managed by constriction or obstruction. An engine s power can be increased or decreased by the restriction of inlet gases ( i.e., by the use of a throttle). The term throttle has come to …
82TIHA — TIHA, from the Turkish words Türk İnsansız Hava Aracı (Turkish Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) is the Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) UAV program developed by the Turkish Aerospace Industries for the Turkish Armed Forces. Background of the project …
83Airbus-A320-Familie — Airbus A320 Familie …
84energy conversion — ▪ technology Introduction the transformation of energy from forms provided by nature to forms that can be used by humans. Over the centuries a wide array of devices and systems has been developed for this purpose. Some of these energy …
8512-inch coast defense mortar — The coast defense mortar was a massive weapon of 12 inch caliber emplaced during the 1890s and early 1900s to defend U.S. harbors from seaborne attack. In 1886 when the Endicott Board set forth its plan for upgrading the coast defenses of the… …
86antiwar themes — Conventional wisdom would surely insist that STANLEY KUBRICK’s PATHS OF GLORY, DR. STRANGELOVE, and FULL METAL JACKET contain antiwar messages. But perhaps “antiwar” is too vague a rubric for these films, inasmuch as two of them are, more… …
87Spartacus — 1) (1951) HOWARD FAST began work on Spartacus in 1950 while serving a six month prison sentence on a charge of contempt of Congress for his refusal to testify before the House Un American Activities Committee about his alleged communist… …
88international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
89literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
90environment — 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… …
