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nounthe theory and practice of navigation through air or space
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- houston the largest city in Texas; located in southeastern Texas near the Gulf of Mexico; site of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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- aeronautical of or pertaining to aeronautics
- aeronautic of or pertaining to aeronautics
- load factor (aeronautics) the ratio of an external load to the weight of the aircraft (measured in g)
- dynamic balance (aeronautics) the state of equilibrium in which centrifugal forces due to a rotating mass (e.g., a propeller) do not produce force in the shaft and so vibration is reduced