AFTERBURNING | • afterburning n. (Aviation) The injection of extra fuel into a jet engine downstream of the turbines in order to achieve extra thrust. • AFTERBURNING n. reheat, the use of a device to inject fuel into the hot exhaust gases of a turbojet in order to obtain increased thrust. |
BIREFRINGENT | • birefringent adj. Of or pertaining to birefringence. • birefringent adj. Having two refractive indices (depending on orientation). • BIREFRINGENT adj. relating to birefringence. |
FRONTBENCHER | • frontbencher n. (Politics) A Member of Parliament who sits on the front bench, and is typically part of the cabinet. • front-bencher n. Alternative form of frontbencher. • front␣bencher n. Alternative form of frontbencher. |
AFTERBURNINGS | • AFTERBURNING n. reheat, the use of a device to inject fuel into the hot exhaust gases of a turbojet in order to obtain increased thrust. |
BIREFRINGENCE | • birefringence n. (Physics) The splitting of a ray of light into two parallel rays of perpendicular polarization by passage… • BIREFRINGENCE n. the refraction of light in an anisotropic material (as calcite) in two slightly different directions to form two rays. |
FRONTBENCHERS | • frontbenchers n. Plural of frontbencher. • front-benchers n. Plural of front-bencher. • front␣benchers n. Plural of front bencher. |
NONDEFERRABLE | • nondeferrable adj. Not deferrable. • NONDEFERRABLE adj. not deferrable. |
BIREFRINGENCES | • birefringences n. Plural of birefringence. • BIREFRINGENCE n. the refraction of light in an anisotropic material (as calcite) in two slightly different directions to form two rays. |
UNTRANSFERABLE | • untransferable adj. Not transferable; that cannot be transferred. • UNTRANSFERABLE adj. not transferable, also UNTRANSFERRABLE. |
NONTRANSFERABLE | • nontransferable adj. Not transferable; not able to be transferred. • non-transferable adj. Alternative letter-case form of nontransferable. • NONTRANSFERABLE adj. not transferable. |
REFRANGIBLENESS | • refrangibleness n. The quality of being refrangible. • REFRANGIBLE n. that may be refracted. |
UNTRANSFERRABLE | • untransferrable adj. Alternative spelling of untransferable. • UNTRANSFERRABLE adj. not transferrable, also UNTRANSFERABLE. |