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Glossary 9
C
Clevis – A U-shaped part with ends drilled to hold controls.
Compartment – An enclosed part of the helicopter.
Component – Parts of an assembly, circuit, or system.
Configuration – The way or shape something is built or put together.
Contact – When two objects touch.
Continuity – Uninterrupted series of power, functions, or signals.
Contracted – Made smaller.
Corrosion – Decay of metal caused by weather, water, temperature, chemical action, etc.
Coupling – Connector or connection joining two parts.
D
Detector – A device that seeks and finds heat (fire, signals, etc.).
Detent – Notch or groove that holds one part to another.
Diaphragm – A thin, flexible disk.
Diffuser – Scatters. Deflects air or energy in several directions.
Duckbill – Shop term for pliers with broad flat jaws.
Duct – Tube that directs flow of air or exhaust.
E
Eductor – An injector-type device for mixing two fluids.
Elongated – Made longer.
Empennage – The stabilator and vertical stabilizer.
Energized – To start power.
Environment – The air around us.
Expendable – Can be discarded after use.
External – Outside or outer.
Extractor – A device for removing something.
