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A Separate, streamlined enclosure on an aircraft for sheltering the crew or cargo or housing an engine.
Nacelle
A floating structure, such as the float on a sea plane
Pontoon
When light bounces off a surface it does so at the same angle it hits the surface.
Law of reflection
A self-proposing wave of the electromagnetic field that carries momentum and radiant energy through space.
Electromagnetic waves
The material or space through which waves travel
Medium
An assembly of rotating horizontal airfoils (wings), such as on a helicopter.
Rotor
An alteration or adjustment, as of an aircraft or other vehicle.
Modification
The bending of light or sound as it passes through something like a wall
Refraction
A device similar to a TV screen, mounted on a stand
PPI scope
The distance between the transmitter and the point where the reflected radio wave returns to the ground.
Diffraction
Vertical takeoff or landing; refers to either the capability or to the aircraft that has it.
VTOL
A general term for an armed naval vessel
Man of war
the throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it.
Reflection
Subdivided into the air search radars and surface search radars
Search radars
Traditional radio transmissions use a series of electromagnetic waves transmitted at constant frequency and amplitude.
Continuous waves
The aspect of military or naval operations that deals with the procurement, distribution, maintenance, and replacement of materiel and personnel.
Logistics
An unmanned aircraft or ship guided by remote control
Drone
The si unit unit of frequency, equal to one cycle per second
Hertz
The acronym for radio detection and ranging
Radar
A coil or copper wire conductors called an armature is rotated by some external source of mechanical energy through the magnetic field.
Electric generator
Close observation of the enemy
Surveillance
A system of fuses or pipes that carry air, gas, liquid, or wires, especially in and out of buildings
Trapping/Dacting
Disturbances that move through matter, transferring energy.
Mechanical waves
The basic continuous wave
Carrier wave
Electric forces caused by separation of non moving electrical chases
Static Electricity
The set of physical phenomena associated with one presence or motion of matter that has electric chanse.
Electricity