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BillingIn Norse mythology, Billing was the father of Rind.Joseph Billings was an English explorer. See Joseph Billings for more detail. A city named Billings, Montana, USA exists. See Billings, Montana for more details. The process of sending accounts to customers for goods or services is called billing. This angle, like that of incidence, is obtained
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Biplane.--A flying-machine.html">machine.html">machine of the glider type with two
propeller.html">propeller blade.
Cambered.--Curve or arch in plane.html">plane, or wing from port
framework of the lower plane.
Control.--System by which the rudders and stabilizing
dihedral planes, or dihedral propeller blades.
Dirigible.--Obedient to a rudder; something that may
is furnished by vertical propellers.
Lateral Curvature.--Parabolic form in a transverse.html">transverse direction.
Lateral Equilibrium or Stability.--Maintenance of the
equilibrium is perfect the extreme ends of the machine
the machine on an even keel from front to rear.
Monoplane.--Flying machine with one supporting, or
planes.
Ornithopter.--Flying machine with movable bird-like
conic section.
Pitch of Propeller Blade.--See "Twist."
Ribs.--The pieces over which the cloth.html">cloth covering is
the transverse dimension.
Stanchions.--Upright pieces connecting the upper and
the main frame beams.
Superposed.--Placed one over another.
Surface Area.--The amount of cloth-covered supporting
the quality of sustaining a weight in the air.
Triplane.--Flying machine with three surface planes.
Thrust of Propeller.--Power with which the blades. All is still licensed under the GNU FDL.
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