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pilot
has definitions from the fields of television,performing arts,work,nautical,transportation
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[ adjective ] of the nature of or undergoing an experiment
Synonyms Examples "an experimental drug" "a pilot project" "a test run" "a trial separation" Used in print (Ross E. McKinney and Howard Edde, "Aerated...)The lack of adequate data on the aerated lagoon system prompted the developer to construct an aerated lagoon pilot plant to determine its feasibility for treating domestic sewage . The pilot plant was a circular lagoon 81 ft in diam at the surface and 65 ft in diam at the bottom , 4 ft below the surface , with a volume of 121000 gal . The pilot lagoon was located as shown in Figure 1 to serve the area just south of the existing housing area . The pilot lagoon was designed to handle the wastes from 314 persons with a 4 - day aeration period . This operation would permit evaluation of the pilot plant , with a slowly increasing load , over a reasonable period_of_time . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (work) someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight
Synonyms Used in print (Donald J. Plantz, Sweeney Squadron....)His face was dark as the sky above it as he stood on the wing and waited for his pilot . The expression was his trade-mark , his open_sesame to good_luck , and his prayer that pilot and plane would always return . The pilots ' heads looked ridiculously small . He possessed the fighter pilot 's horror of bad_weather and instrument_flying , and he wondered , if the ceiling did drop , whether he and the other flights would be able to find their way back in_this unfamiliar territory . If the other pilots were worried , they did not show it . Related terms aviator wingman combat_pilot copilot barnstormer test_pilot captain kamikaze fighter_pilot fly |
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[ verb ] (transportation) act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance
Synonyms Examples "Is anyone volunteering to navigate during the trip?" "Who was navigating the ship during the accident?" Used in print (87th Congress, 1st Session. House Document No. 247....)Others may speak of Speaker_Rayburn ' S uniquely long and devoted service ; of his championship of many_of the progressive social measures which adorn our statute_books today , and of his cooperation in times of adversity with Presidents of both of our major parties in helping to pilot the Ship of State through the shoals of today 's stormy international seas . Related terms |
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[ verb ] (transportation) fly a plane
Used in print (Richard Sanders Allen, "When Fogg Flew the Mail"...)Piloting a Curtiss_Navy_MF flying_boat off Lake_Winnipesaukee in 1925 , he had inaugurated the original Rural Delivery air service in America . |
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[ noun ] small auxiliary gas burner that provides a flame to ignite a larger gas burner
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[ noun ] (television,performing arts) a program exemplifying a contemplated series; intended to attract sponsors
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 19000
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[ noun ] an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track
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