inlet air

  • 21air horn — noun 1. a pneumatic horn • Hypernyms: ↑horn 2. air intake of a carburetor • Hypernyms: ↑intake, ↑inlet • Part Holonyms: ↑carburetor, ↑carburettor * * * …

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  • 22inlet temperature — The temperature signal taken in the engine inlet to measure air density and sent to the fuel control unit as a fuel scheduling parameter. It normally is known as T1 …

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  • 23inlet — noun 1》 a small arm of the sea, a lake, or a river. 2》 a place or means of entry: an air inlet. 3》 (in tailoring and dressmaking) an inserted piece of material …

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  • 24air inlet — The portion of aircraft ahead of the engine compressor that is designed to conduct incoming air to the compressor at correct speed and direction and with minimum energy loss resulting from drag or ram air losses …

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  • 25air inlet — opening through which air enters …

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  • 26air inlet valve — an adjustable door, often vacuum operated, in the plenum blower assembly that permits election of outside or inside air for automotive heating and cooling systems …

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  • 27air turborocket — noun a jet engine where a gas generator drives the turbine that drives the inlet compressor …

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  • 28air lock — Synonyms and related words: aboideau, access, adit, approach, corridor, dock gate, entrance, entranceway, entry, entryway, flood hatch, floodgate, gangplank, gangway, gate, hall, head gate, in, ingress, inlet, intake, lock, lock gate, means of… …

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  • 29inlet — Synonyms and related words: access, adit, air lock, aisle, alley, ambulatory, aperture, approach, arcade, arm, artery, avenue, bay, bayou, bight, broaching, cavity, channel, chasm, check, clearing, cleft, cloister, colonnade, communication,… …

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  • 30inlet guide vanes — Fixed or variable vanes, also known as stators, located in front of the first stage of the compressor of a gas turbine engine. These guide vanes direct the air onto the compressor at the correct angle. Also called intake guide vanes …

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