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Vocabulary List (by chapters)


Chapter 6 One Year to Flight: 1903


* denotes aeronautical term

Page Vocabulary Word
49 stable
controllable
accommodate
cylinder
horepower
50 strut
crankcase
thrust*
exist(ed)
calculations
wind tunnel*
accelerate(s)
decrease(s)
scientific formula
compile
effective
equations
51 daunting
precise
rotate(d)
three-dimensional
distract(ed)
current
crate(d)
52 climatic
assemble(d)
53 catapult(ing)
aerodrome*
dismay(ed)
eminent
ridicule
54 bracing (brace)
ventilation
55 dismay
forego
drive shaft
sprockets
enthusiastic
symmetrical
compensate
position(ed)
56 skids*
complex
velocity
takeoff*
trolley
adapted
runners
57 monorail
non-functioning
extremely
58 worsening
determine(d)
59 launch site*
stationary
60 restraining rope
tolerate
spyglass
61 tripod
onlookers


 
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