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121Pilot balloon — A small, unmanned balloon sent up to indicate the direction of air currents. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …
122Pilot valve — (Hydraulics) A small hand operated valve to admit liquid to operate a valve difficult to turn by hand. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …
123Pilot wheel — (Mach.) A wheel, usually with radial handles projecting from the rim, for traversing the saddle of a machine tool, esp. an automatic machine tool, by hand. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …
124Pilot (short story) — Pilot is the title of a short story in science fiction author Stephen Baxter s Xeelee Sequence. Sixth in the anthology Vacuum Diagrams , it is a revision of a story first published as a chapbook by Novacon in 1993.Set in A.D. 4874, Pilot relates… …
125Pilot jacket — is a term that could refer to: * A 2 jacket, associated with U.S. Army pilots of World War II. * Cooper A 2 jacket, a type of leather jacket used by the U.S. Air Force in World War II. * Flight jacket, the umbrella term for any jacket used by… …
126Pilot Grove (Missouri) — Pilot Grove est une petite ville du Comté de Cooper dans le Missouri, aux États Unis. Le population est de 723 au recensement de 2000. Géographie Pilot Grove est situé à 38°52′19″N, 92°54′48″ (38.871943, 92.913264). Portail du Missouri …
127pilot plant — UK US noun [C] PRODUCTION ► a small factory that is built as a model to test systems and processes before building other similar factories : »Stevenson said she is close to completing the deal and hopes to have a pilot plant up and running by… …
128pilot light — pilot lights N COUNT A pilot light is a small gas flame in a cooker, stove, boiler, or fire. It burns all the time and lights the main large flame when the gas is turned fully on …
