blockage error—VSI — An error in a VSI (vertical speed indicator) in which the static source is blocked. Since there is no differential pressure in the system when the aircraft climbs or descends, the VSI will continue to show a level flight even when the aircraft is … Aviation dictionary
blockage — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ complete ▪ partial VERB + BLOCKAGE ▪ cause, create ▪ prevent ▪ … Collocations dictionary
partial — adj. 1 not complete VERBS ▪ be ▪ remain ADVERB ▪ only ▪ His efforts met with only partial success. ▪ … Collocations dictionary
Neural development — comprises the processes that generate, shape, and reshape the nervous system, from the earliest stages of embryogenesis to the final years of life. The study of neural development aims to describe the cellular basis of brain development and to… … Wikipedia
Oak Orchard River — The Oak Orchard River, often called the Oak Orchard Creek, is a small river located primarily in Orleans County, New York in the United States. The river empties into Lake Ontario at Point Breeze in the Town of Carlton, where Oak Orchard State… … Wikipedia
Carrollton, Kentucky bus collision — Infobox bus accident title=Carrollton bus collision date=23:00, May 14, 1988 location=near Carrollton, Kentucky bus=Church bus vehicles=Toyota Hilux, automobile pax=70 deaths=27 injuries=34|The Carrollton bus collision was one of the most deadly… … Wikipedia
Chapelcross nuclear station — Chapelcross was a Magnox nuclear power plant located near the town of Annan in Dumfries and Galloway in south west Scotland. It was the sister plant to Calder Hall in Cumbria, England, both commissioned and originally operated by the United… … Wikipedia
Herbert H. Bateman — Infobox Congressman name = Herbert Harvell Bateman |thumb|Herbert Bateman width = 174 caption = Herb Bateman date of birth = birth date|1928|8|7 place of birth = Elizabeth City, North Carolina date of death = death date and age|2000|9|11|1928|8|7 … Wikipedia
Nakasu (Edo) — The Nakasu (中州, lit. sandbank in the middle ) was a short lived, but vibrant and popular entertainment district in Edo, Japan. It was built upon an artificial landfill in the Sumida River, at a place called Mitsumata (三又, Three Forks ), in 1771,… … Wikipedia
Karel Frederik Wenckebach — (March 24, 1864 November 11, 1940) was a Dutch anatomist who was a native of the Hague. He studied medicine in Utrecht, and in 1901 become a professor of medicine at the University of Groningen. Later he was a professor at the Universities of… … Wikipedia
consonant — consonantlike, adj. consonantly, adv. /kon seuh neuhnt/, n. 1. Phonet. a. (in English articulation) a speech sound produced by occluding with or without releasing /p, b; t, d; k, g/, diverting /m, n, ng/, or obstructing /f, v; s, z/ etc., the… … Universalium