英语宇宙航空科学词典 Cambridge Aerospace Dictionary.pdfVIP

This page intentionally left blank The Cambridge Aerospace Dictionary The Cambridge Aerospace Dictionary Bill Gunston obe, fraes Editor, Jane’s Information Group CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 8RU, UK Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York Information on this title: /9780521841405 © Bill Gunston 2004 This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provision of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published in print format 2004 ISBN-13 978-0-511-33833-5 eBook (NetLibrary) ISBN-10 0-511-33833-3 eBook (NetLibrary) ISBN-13 978-0-521-84140-5 hardback ISBN-10 0-521-84140-2 hardback Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of urls for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this publication, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Foreword Gathering terms for an aerospace dictionary is in this field they tend to predominate. Note: harder than it looks. I recently studied a list of USA means US Army. terms used by the US Air Force to describe the I have attempted to include a brief explana- status of each of its component organizations. tion of aerospace materials, even if they are They explained ‘These actions are defined in known by a registered tradename. Also ways that may seem arcane to the non- included are the names of many organizations, specialist, but each term has a specific but, with a few exceptions, not armed forces, meaning.’ The terms are: Activate, Active list, airlines or flying clubs, and certainly not the Assign, Attach, Consolidate, Constitute, names of manufacturers or particular types of Designate, Disband, Disestabl