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1. ack-ack, adj. and n. View full entry 1916
...Representing the letters a. a., short for anti-aircraft (see anti-aircraft)....
2. 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....
3. aero, adj. View full entry 1982
...Chiefly with reference to motor vehicles: aerodynamic, streamlined....
4. aerobat, n.2 View full entry 1929
...A person who performs aerobatics....
5. aerobat, v. View full entry 1930
...intr., and trans. with it. To perform aerobatics. rare....
6. aerobatic, adj. View full entry 1918
...That performs feats of expert aviation; of or relating aerobatics....
7. aerobatics, n.2 View full entry 1915
...With pl. concord: feats of expert aviation, esp. when performed for display; (with sing. concord) the practice of performing such feats. Also in extended use....
8. aerobot, n. View full entry 1987
...A robot-controlled aircraft, typically pilotless. Also: an automated package of instruments for use in interplanetary exploration....
9. aerobrake, n. View full entry 1973
...A structure on an aircraft or spacecraft designed to increase atmospheric drag, esp. for aerobraking....
10. aerobrake, v. View full entry 1985
...intr. To perform aerobraking....
11. aerobraking, n. View full entry 1964
...Aerodynamic braking of a spacecraft when it passes repeatedly through the upper layers of a planet's atmosphere, esp. when brought about in order to enter or alter its orbit round the planet....
12. aerodone, n. View full entry 1907
...A glider....
13. aerodonetics, n. View full entry 1907
...The science concerned with flight, esp. gliding, and aviation....
14. aerodrome, n.2 View full entry 1902
...A place where a balloon or flying machine is housed; a hangar. rare. Now disused....
15. aeroelasticity, n. View full entry 1935
...The branch of mechanics dealing with the interaction of aerodynamic, elastic, and inertial forces, esp. in aircraft structures....
16. aerofoil, n. View full entry 1907
...A structure or surface having a profile that provides lift at right angles to its passage through the air; esp. a wing, aileron, tailplane, or elevator of an aircraft. Also:...
17. aeromagnetic, adj. View full entry 1946
...Of, relating to, or derived from measurements of the earth's magnetic field made from aircraft....
18. aeromagnetometer, n. View full entry 1948
...An instrument carried on an aircraft and used to make measurements of the earth's magnetic field....
19. aeromedicine, n. View full entry 1943
...The branch of medicine concerned with the health consequences of air or space travel; aviation medicine, aerospace medicine....
20. aeronat, n. View full entry 1903
...An airship, a dirigible....
