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  • 91climb-out — i. Flight from getting airborne to setting course. ii. Flight from takeoff to a height of 1500 ft or 5 min divided into the following segments: (a) First segment. This extends from 35 ft (screen height) to the point at which, on one power unit… …

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  • 92en route climb performance — The climb (or descent) performance with the aircraft in the en route configuration with the critical power unit inoperative and the critical two power units inoperative in the case of aircraft having three or more power units. The critical power… …

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  • 93takeoff distance required — i. The horizontal distance required to accelerate from a standing start with all engines operating to achieve a safety speed at a height of 50 ft above the takeoff surface, multiplied by 1.15 for airplanes with a maximum takeoff weight of 4500 lb …

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  • 94takeoff safety speed — (V 2 ) A referenced air speed obtained after takeoff at which the required one engine inoperative climb performance can be achieved. This speed is used in the determination of takeoff performance. It is a legal requirement for some commercial and …

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  • 95neutralize — neutralize, counteract, negative are comparable when they mean to make something inoperative or ineffective usually by means of an opposite force, influence, or effect. Neutralize implies an equalizing, making ineffectual or inoperative, or… …

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  • 96break — [[t]breɪk[/t]] v. broke, bro•ken, break•ing, n. 1) to smash, split, or divide into parts violently 2) to disable or destroy by or as if by shattering or crushing: I broke my watch[/ex] 3) to violate or disregard (a law, promise, etc.) 4) to… …

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  • 97deactivate — [c]/diˈæktəveɪt/ (say dee aktuhvayt) verb (deactivated, deactivating) –verb (t) 1. to render (a bomb, shell, or other explosive) inoperative. 2. to render (an alarm, as in a house, motor vehicle, etc.) inoperative. 3. Physical Chemistry to return …

  • 98shift interlock — A device which prevents different shift forks in the transmission from being moved at the same time, by locking into the inoperative shift fork as the other is being moved; a gearchange cannot be made unless the inoperative shift fork is in its… …

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  • 99break — [brāk] vt. broke, broken, breaking [ME breken < OE brecan < IE base * bhreg > BREACH, BREECH, Ger brechen, L frangere] 1. to cause to come apart by force; split or crack sharply into pieces; smash; burst 2. a) …

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  • 100in|op´er|a´tive|ness — in|op|er|a|tive «ihn OP uh RAY tihv, OP ruh », adjective. 1. not operative; not working; without effect: »The circuit whose operation depends upon the gate being opened remains inoperative until the correct stimulus is applied to the gate… …

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