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1 supersonic light relay
supersonic light relay Überschalllichtzelle fEnglish-German dictionary of Electrical Engineering and Electronics > supersonic light relay
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2 aircraft
воздушное судно [суда], атмосферный летательный аппарат [аппараты]; самолёт (ы) ; вертолёты); авиация; авиационный; см. тж. airplane, boostaircraft in the barrier — самолёт, задержанный аварийной (аэродромной) тормозной установкой
aircraft off the line — новый [только что построенный] ЛА
B through F aircraft — самолёты модификаций B, C, D, E и F
carrier(-based, -borne) aircraft — палубный ЛА; авианосная авиация
conventional takeoff and landing aircraft — самолёт с обычными взлетом и посадкой (в отличие от укороченного или вертикального)
keep the aircraft (headed) straight — выдерживать направление полёта ЛА (при выполнении маневра); сохранять прямолинейный полет ЛА
keep the aircraft stalled — сохранять режим срыва [сваливания] самолёта, оставлять самолёт в режиме срыва [сваливания]
nearly wing borne aircraft — верт. ЛА в конце режима перехода к горизонтальному полёту
pull the aircraft off the deck — разг. отрывать ЛА от земли (при взлете)
put the aircraft nose-up — переводить [вводить] ЛА на кабрирование [в режим кабрирования]
put the aircraft through its paces — определять предельные возможности ЛА, «выжимать все из ЛА»
reduced takeoff and landing aircraft — самолёт укороченного взлета и посадки (с укороченным разбегом и пробегом)
rocket(-powered, -propelled) aircraft — ракетный ЛА, ЛА с ракетным двигателем
roll the aircraft into a bank — вводить ЛА в крен, накренять ЛА
rotate the aircraft into the climb — увеличивать угол тангажа ЛА для перехода к набору высоты, переводить ЛА в набор высоты
short takeoff and landing aircraft — самолёт короткого взлета и посадки (с коротким разбегом и пробегом)
single vertical tail aircraft — ЛА с одинарным [центральным] вертикальным оперением
strategic(-mission, -purpose) aircraft — ЛА стратегического назначения; стратегический самолёт
take the aircraft throughout its entire envelope — пилотировать ЛА во всем диапазоне полётных режимов
trim the aircraft to fly hands-and-feet off — балансировать самолёт для полёта с брошенным управлением [с брошенными ручкой и педалями]
turbofan(-engined, -powered) aircraft — ЛА с турбовентиляторными двигателями, ЛА с ТРДД
turbojet(-powered, -propelled) aircraft — ЛА с ТРД
undergraduate navigator training aircraft — учебно-тренировочный самолёт для повышенной лётной подготовки штурманов
water(-based, takeoff and landing) aircraft — гидросамолёт
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3 missile
управляемая ракета, УР; летящий осколок [обломок]; обстреливать ракетами; применять ракеты ( по цели) ; см. тж. rocketantiarmor(ed fighting vehicle) missile — противотанковая ракета, ПТУР
dual-capability (surface-to-air /surface-to-surface) missile — ракета наземного РК для поражения воздушных и наземных целей
forward area (air) defense missile — ракета войскового ЗРК; ракета комплекса ПВО передового района
HEAT-mine (scattering) multiple warhead AT missile — ПТУР с КБЧ, разбрасывающей ПТ кумулятивные мины
look-down, shoot-down missile — ракета, управляемая системой обеспечения, обнаружения и поражения целей в нижней полусфере (на фоне земли)
passive-radar homing warhead.air-toair missile — ракета воздушного боя с пассивной РЛ ГСН
— air interceptor missile— air-to-ground guided missile— antiair warfare missile— anti-antiaircraft missile— artillery ballistic missile— AT guided missile— battlefield support missile— chemical warhead missile— command guidance missile— counter-air-to-surface missile missile— counterballislic missile missile— counterradar homing missile— counterradiation homing missile— fast-reaction type missile— fire-and-forget guidance missile— fixed based missile— fixed land-based missile— free-flight missile— infantry-launched missile— mobile-based missile— multiple warheaded missile— nuclear warheaded missile— nuclear-armed missile— nuclear-fueled missile— penetration aid missile— radar-seeking standoff missile— rolling airframe missile— turbojet-propelled missile* * *• ракета• ракетный -
4 communication
= comm1) соединение; объединение; сообщение2) связь; установление связи (напр. телефонной)3) коммуникацияа) передача информации; обмен информацией; передача данных; обмен даннымиб) среда для передачи информации или для обмена информацией; среда для передачи данных или для обмена данными; канал связи; линия связив) акт межличностного общения с целью выяснения позиций сторон или достижения взаимопонимания4) передаваемая информация; передаваемые данные; сообщение5) информационная передача; сводка новостей6) содержание информационной передачи; новости8) способ связи; сообщение (напр. телеграфное)9) pl коммуникацииб) средства передачи информации или обмена информацией; средства передачи данных или обмена даннымиг) средства массовой информации, СМИ; коммуникационная сферад) системы и средства передвижения войск и материально-технического обеспечения11) информационные службы (напр. на предприятиях)12) коммуникология•- air-to-ground communication
- amateur radio communication
- analog communication
- asynchronous communication
- antijam communication
- auroral long-distance communication
- automated communication - band-limited communication
- beyond-the-horizon communication
- binary synchronous communications
- buffered communication
- business communication
- cable communication
- carrier-current communication
- CB communication
- citizen band communication
- coherent communication
- coherent-light communication
- computer communication
- computer-mediated communication
- computer-to-computer communication
- conference communication
- cross-channel communication
- cryptographic communication
- cryptographic digital communication
- data communication
- decision-feedback communication
- deep space communication - digital voice communication
- dipole-belt communication
- direct communication
- diversity communication
- downstream communication
- duplex communication
- electrical communication
- electronic communication
- emergency communication
- enciphered facsimile communication
- facsimile communication
- fiber-optics communication
- field communication
- fixed communication
- frequency-hop communication
- frequency-hopping communication - half-duplex communication
- harmonic communication - highway communication
- host communication
- image communication
- industrial communications
- infrared communication
- in-house communication
- in-house data communication
- interactive communication
- intercomputer communication
- interplanetary communication
- interprocess communication
- interprocessor communication
- intersatellite communication
- intertask communication
- ionoscatter communication
- ionospheric communication
- jam-resistant communication
- joint communication
- laser communication
- leaky-feeder communication
- light communication
- light-wave communication
- line communication
- long-distance ionospheric-scatter communication
- long-haul communication
- long-range communication
- machine-to-machine data communication
- man-computer communication
- man-machine communication
- marine communication
- marine-vehicle communication
- message switched communication
- meteor-burst communication
- microwave communication
- MIDI communication
- mobile communication
- multicast communication
- multichannel communication
- multimedia communication
- multiple-access communication
- multiplex communication
- multipoint communication
- multi-purpose communications
- office communications
- one-way communication
- operator communication - orbital-scatter radio communication
- orbiting-dipole radio communication
- over-the-horizon communication
- packet-switched communication
- party-line communication
- personal communication
- plane-to-plane communication
- point-to-multipoint communication
- point-to-point communication
- polling communication
- queued communication
- radio communication
- radio-relay communication
- repeater satellite communication
- rural communication
- safety communication
- satellite communication
- secure communication
- self-adjusting communication
- self-optimizing communication
- sensory communication
- shore-to-ship-communication
- signaling communication
- simplex communication
- single-sideband communication
- sky-wave communication
- sonar communication
- sonic communication
- space communication
- spacecraft-to-Earth communication
- speech communication
- spread spectrum communication
- SSB communication
- supersonic communication
- synchronous communication
- telegraphic communication
- telephone communication
- television communication
- transcontinental communication
- transhorizon communication
- troposcatter communication
- tropospheric-scatter communication
- trunk communication
- two-way communication
- two-way alternate communication
- ultrasonic communication
- underwater communication
- upstream communication
- voice communication
- waveguide communication
- wire-free communication - world-wide telephone communication
- written communication -
5 communication
1) соединение; объединение; сообщение2) связь; установление связи (напр. телефонной)3) коммуникацияа) передача информации; обмен информацией; передача данных; обмен даннымиб) среда для передачи информации или для обмена информацией; среда для передачи данных или для обмена данными; канал связи; линия связив) акт межличностного общения с целью выяснения позиций сторон или достижения взаимопонимания4) передаваемая информация; передаваемые данные; сообщение5) информационная передача; сводка новостей6) содержание информационной передачи; новости8) способ связи; сообщение (напр. телеграфное) pl.9) коммуникацииб) средства передачи информации или обмена информацией; средства передачи данных или обмена даннымиг) средства массовой информации, СМИ; коммуникационная сферад) системы и средства передвижения войск и материально-технического обеспечения11) информационные службы (напр. на предприятиях)12) коммуникология•- advanced program-to-program communication
- aeronautical communication
- air-to-ground communication
- amateur radio communication
- analog communication
- antijam communication
- asynchronous communication
- auroral long-distance communication
- automated communication
- automatic secure voice communication
- background communication
- band-limited communication
- beyond-the-horizon communication
- binary synchronous communications
- buffered communication
- business communication
- cable communication
- carrier-current communication
- CB communication
- citizen band communication
- coherent communication
- coherent-light communication
- computer communication
- computer-mediated communication
- computer-to-computer communication
- conference communication
- cross-channel communication
- cryptographic communication
- cryptographic digital communication
- data communication
- decision-feedback communication
- deep space communication
- digital communication
- digital speech communication
- digitized voice communication
- dipole-belt communication
- direct communication
- diversity communication
- downstream communication
- duplex communication
- electrical communication
- electronic communication
- emergency communication
- enciphered facsimile communication
- facsimile communication
- fiber-optics communication
- field communication
- fixed communication
- frequency-hop communication
- frequency-hopping communication
- global communication
- ground-to-air communication
- half-duplex communication
- harmonic communication
- high-capacity communication
- high-frequency communication
- highway communication
- host communication
- image communication
- industrial communications
- infrared communication
- in-house communication
- in-house data communication
- interactive communication
- intercomputer communication
- interplanetary communication
- interprocess communication
- interprocessor communication
- intersatellite communication
- intertask communication
- ionoscatter communication
- ionospheric communication
- jam-resistant communication
- joint communication
- laser communication
- leaky-feeder communication
- light communication
- light-wave communication
- line communication
- long-distance ionospheric-scatter communication
- long-haul communication
- long-range communication
- machine-to-machine data communication
- man-computer communication
- man-machine communication
- marine communication
- marine-vehicle communication
- message switched communication
- meteor-burst communication
- microwave communication
- MIDI communication
- mobile communication
- multicast communication
- multichannel communication
- multimedia communication
- multiple-access communication
- multiplex communication
- multipoint communication
- multi-purpose communications
- office communications
- one-way communication
- operator communication
- optical communication
- optical-fiber communication
- orbital-scatter radio communication
- orbiting-dipole radio communication
- over-the-horizon communication
- packet-switched communication
- party-line communication
- personal communication
- plane-to-plane communication
- point-to-multipoint communication
- point-to-point communication
- polling communication
- queued communication
- radio communication
- radio-relay communication
- repeater satellite communication
- rural communication
- safety communication
- satellite communication
- secure communication
- self-adjusting communication
- self-optimizing communication
- sensory communication
- shore-to-ship-communication
- signaling communication
- simplex communication
- single-sideband communication
- sky-wave communication
- sonar communication
- sonic communication
- space communication
- spacecraft-to-Earth communication
- speech communication
- spread spectrum communication
- SSB communication
- supersonic communication
- synchronous communication
- telegraphic communication
- telephone communication
- television communication
- transcontinental communication
- transhorizon communication
- troposcatter communication
- tropospheric-scatter communication
- trunk communication
- two-way alternate communication
- two-way communication
- ultrasonic communication
- underwater communication
- upstream communication
- voice communication
- waveguide communication
- wire-free communication
- wireless communication
- wireless telephone communication
- world-wide telephone communication
- written communicationThe New English-Russian Dictionary of Radio-electronics > communication
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1. (атмосферный) летательный аппарат [аппараты], воздушное судно [суда]; самолет(ы); вертолет(ы);см. тж. airplane,2. авиация/ авиационный; бортовой <об оборудовании ЛА>4-D aircraft4-D equipped aircraft9-g aircraftADF aircraftadvanced-technology aircraftadversary aircraftaerobatic aircraftaft-tail aircraftaggressor aircraftagile aircraftagricultural aircraftair defence aircraftair-refuellable aircraftair-to-ground aircraftairborne early warning and control aircraftalert aircraftall-digital aircraftall-training aircraftall-electric aircraftall-metal aircraftall-new aircraftall-out stealth aircraftall-weather aircraftamateur built aircraftamphibious aircraftantisubmarine warfare aircraftaround-the-world aircraftartificial-stability aircraftasymmetric aircraftattack aircraftattrition aircraftaugmented aircraftautomated aircraftbackside aircraftBAI aircraftbalanced aircraftbattle-damaged aircraftbattle-tolerant aircraftbattlefield aircraftbulbous-nosed aircraftbuoyant quad-rotor aircraftbush 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