Aerospace Engineering Vocab Flashcard

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Science/practice of air travel

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aeronautics

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Science & tech of human space travel.

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astronautics

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Propulsive force of a jet or rocket engine.

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Thrust

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Force opposing motion in a fluid

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drag

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Force opposing an airplane's weight, keeping it airborne.

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Lift

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Field of engineering for aircraft & spacecraft development

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aerospace engineering

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Force attracting a body toward Earth's center or any mass.

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gravity

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Vertical airfoil on an aircraft's horizontal stabilizer for controlling vertical axis movement.

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Rudder

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A thing used to keep something steady or stable

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stabilizer

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Path of a projectile or object under given forces.

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trajectory