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1Pilot plant — A pilot plant is a small chemical processing system which is operated to generate information about the behavior of the system for use in design of larger facilities.Pilot plants are used to reduce the risk associated with construction of large… …
2Pilot-induced oscillation — occurs when the pilot of an aircraft inadvertently commands an often increasing series of corrections in opposite directions, each an attempt to cover the aircraft s reaction to the previous input with an overcorrection in the opposite direction …
3pilot scheme — pilot project or pilot scheme noun A scheme serving as a guide on a small scale to a full scale scheme • • • Main Entry: ↑pilot …
4Pilot experiment — A pilot experiment, also called a pilot study, is a small scale preliminary study conducted in order to evaluate feasibility, time, cost, adverse events, and effect size (statistical variability) in an attempt to predict an appropriate sample… …
5pilot — [[t]pa͟ɪlət[/t]] ♦♦♦ pilots, piloting, piloted 1) N COUNT A pilot is a person who is trained to fly an aircraft. He spent seventeen years as an airline pilot. ...fighter pilots of the British Royal Air Force. 2) N COUNT A pilot is a person who… …
6pilot project — noun activity planned as a test or trial they funded a pilot project in six states • Syn: ↑pilot program • Hypernyms: ↑test, ↑trial, ↑run * * * pilot project or pilot scheme …
7pilot study — Any small scale test of a research instrument (such as a questionnaire, experiment, or interview schedule), run in advance of the main fieldwork, and used to test the utility of the research design. Pilot studies therefore very in size and nature …
8pilot — /puy leuht/, n. 1. a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters. 2. a person who steers a ship. 3. Aeron. a person duly qualified to operate an airplane, balloon, or other aircraft. 4. a guide …
9pilot plant — an experimental industrial plant in which processes or techniques planned for use in full scale operation are tested in advance. [1935 40] * * * pilot plant, the equipment necessary to carry out on a small scale for test purposes a process for… …
10pilot — pi•lot [[t]ˈpaɪ lət[/t]] n. 1) aer. a person qualified to operate an airplane, balloon, or other aircraft 2) navig. a person qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters 3) navig. a person who steers a ship …
