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1. ab-, comb. form View full entry 1904
...Prefixed to the names of units (esp. of electrical and magnetic quantities) in the practical system to form the names of the corresponding units in the centimetre-gram-second electromagnetic system, as abampere...
2. access, v.2 View full entry 1953
...trans....
3. ack emma, n. and adv. View full entry 1909
...The signal used to denote the letters a.m. (for ante meridiem) in telephone communications, etc.; (hence colloq.) the morning....
4. acousto-, comb. form View full entry 1928
...Forming words (chiefly in scientific and technical contexts) relating to sound waves or acoustics....
5. acutance, n. View full entry 1952
...The sharpness of a photographic or printed image; a numerical measure of this....
6. Ada, n.2 View full entry 1979
...(The name of) a high-level programming language used chiefly in real-time control systems, e.g. for aircraft navigation....
7. add-in, adj. and n. View full entry 1984
...Designating something added to a system internally, typically to improve the system's capabilities or performance....
8. add-on, n. and adj. View full entry 1930
...Something added to an existing object or quantity; an additional component or sum; an accessory device, esp. one designed to increase capability....
9. addressability, n. View full entry 1955
...The property or quality of being addressable; spec. the ability to direct a signal or information to individual users....
10. adless, adj. View full entry 1905
...Of a newspaper, radio station, etc.: that is without advertisements; not carrying advertisements....
11. adware, n. View full entry 1985
...Software that automatically displays advertising material on a computer, typically in the form of unwanted pop-up windows and banners....
12. aeroacoustic, adj. View full entry 1969
...Of or relating to aeroacoustics....
13. aeroacoustics, n. View full entry 1972
...The branch of physics that deals with the production of noise as a result of aerodynamic forces or turbulent airflow; the properties of something as they relate to this form of noise...
14. aerodynamicist, n. View full entry 1927
...An expert or specialist in aerodynamics....
15. aeroelastician, n. View full entry 1947
...An expert or specialist in aeroelasticity....
16. aeroelasticity, n. View full entry 1935
...The branch of mechanics dealing with the interaction of aerodynamic, elastic, and inertial forces, esp. in aircraft structures....
17. aeroelastics, n. View full entry 1960
...With sing. concord. = aeroelasticity1....
18. aerospike, n. View full entry 1966
...In a rocket: a form of engine in which the exhaust gases emerge from an annular opening and converge so as to enclose a cone or spike of gas pumped in from...
19. aerostructure, n. View full entry 1939
...A component or subsystem of the airframe of an aircraft. Usu. attrib. or in pl....
20. affirm, adj. (and int.) View full entry 1960
...Esp. in radio communication: = affirmative1b. Also as ...
