air casing — noun 1. : a casing (as of sheet iron) surrounding a pipe or reservoir with an air space between to prevent transmission of heat 2. : the coaming around the stack of a ship at the weather deck serving to ventilate the boiler room * * * a casing… … Useful english dictionary
air casing — a casing for the funnel of a powered vessel, large enough to provide an air space all around the funnel. * * * … Universalium
Air India Flight 182 — Boeing 747 237B Emperor Kanishka landing at London Heathrow Airport on 10 June 1985, a few days before the explosion Occurrence summary … Wikipedia
Air Force Research Laboratory — Emblem of AFRL … Wikipedia
air-jacket — airˈ jacket noun 1. A casing containing air to reduce loss or gain of heat 2. A garment with airtight cavities to buoy up in water • • • Main Entry: ↑air … Useful english dictionary
Air preheater — An air preheater or air heater is a general term to describe any device designed to heat air before another process (for example, combustion in a boiler) with the primary objective of increasing the thermal efficiency of the process. They may be… … Wikipedia
Casing (submarine) — The casing of a submarine is a light metal structure, usually incorporating a deck, built up and over the upper surface of the vessel s pressure hull.The pressure hull of a submarine is usually cylindrical and possesses a low freeboard when in… … Wikipedia
Air Raid on Bari — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Air Raid on Bari caption= partof=Italian Campaign, World War II date=December 2, 1943 place=Bari, Italy result=German victory combatant1=UK flag|United States|1912 combatant2=flag|Nazi Germany|name=Germany… … Wikipedia
Air valve — Valve Valve, n. [L. valva the leaf, fold, or valve of a door: cf. F. valve.] [1913 Webster] 1. A door; especially, one of a pair of folding doors, or one of the leaves of such a door. [1913 Webster] Swift through the valves the visionary fair… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
casing factor — That portion of the load supported by tire casing stiffness instead of air pressure … Dictionary of automotive terms
air-cooled engine — A reciprocating engine that depends on cooling by the air mass rather than on liquid coolants. The cooling is directed by radiating heat to the air flowing between the fins around the cylinder head or around a hot rotor casing in the case of a… … Aviation dictionary