- Industry: Aviation
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Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc. (ASA) develops and markets aviation supplies, software, and books for pilots, flight instructors, flight engineers, airline professionals, air traffic controllers, flight attendants, aviation technicians and enthusiasts. Established in 1947, ASA also provides ...
A unit of capacitance equal to one millionth of a millionth (1 x 10-12) of a farad. The term micro-microfarads has been changed to picofarads.
Industry:Aviation
A unit of distance in the English system of measurement. One statute mile is equal to 5,280 feet. One nautical mile is one minute of arc of a great circle of the earth, and is equal to approximately 6,080 feet.
Industry:Aviation
A unit of electrical charge equal to 6.28 billion billion (6.28 x 1018 or 6,280,000,000,000,000,000) electrons. One ampere of electrical flow is equal to the flow of one coulomb per second.
Industry:Aviation
A unit of electrical conductance. The siemens has replaced the older measurement called a mho. One siemens is the amount of electrical conductance that allows an electromotive force of one volt to move a flow of electrons of one ampere (one coulomb per second). One siemens is the reciprocal of one ohm.
Industry:Aviation
A unit of electrical conductance; it has been replaced by the siemen. One mho (one siemen) is the amount of conductance that allows an electrical pressure of one volt to cause a continuous flow of one ampere of current. The mho is the reciprocal, or opposite, of the ohm.
Industry:Aviation
A unit of force in the centimeter-gram-second system of units. One dyne is the amount of force needed to cause a mass of one gram to accelerate one centimeter per second, each second it is acted on.
One dyne is equal to 2.248 . 10-6 pounds.
Industry:Aviation
a unit of force in the metric system. One newton is the amount of force needed to cause a mass of one kilogram (1,000 grams) to accelerate at a rate of one meter per second each second the force acts on it.
One newton is equal to 100,000 dynes, or 2.248 . 10-1 pound.
Industry:Aviation
A unit of heat energy. One large calorie, also called a kilocalorie, is the amount of heat energy needed to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water one degree Celsius. One large calorie is equal to 1,000 small calories.
Industry:Aviation
A unit of heat measurement. The amount of heat energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 pound of pure water from 60° to 61°F.
Industry:Aviation
A unit of length equal to 1/1,000 inch (0.001 inch). Mil is short for milli-inch.
Industry:Aviation
