longitudinal stability

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longitudinal stability [‚län·jə′tüd·ən·əl stə′bil·əd·ē]

(engineering)

The ability of a ship or aircraft to recover a horizontal position after a vertical motion of its ends about a horizontal axis perpendicular to the centerline.

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No references found			A longitudinal stability indicator provides a constant and progressive check on load safety with a cut-out should the recommended load be exceeded. Caterpillar launches telehandlers by Gulf Industry The basic design premise of a cantilever hoist is to include a heavy counter weight that opposes the load and ensures longitudinal stability in use. Portable Cantilever Hoists by Camille Howe / Home based business community It shares the F-16's relaxed longitudinal stability that enhances its agility. Foreign Comparative Test Program samples Korea's best by Mattes, Bob / Defense AT & L			Longitudinal Compensation longitudinal controller longitudinal current longitudinal direction longitudinal drum boiler longitudinal dune longitudinal fault longitudinal flow reactor longitudinal frame longitudinal framed ship longitudinal joint longitudinal magnetoresistance longitudinal magnetorestriction longitudinal mass longitudinal parity longitudinal parity check longitudinal quadrupole longitudinal recording longitudinal redundancy check longitudinal reinforcement longitudinal resistance seam welding longitudinal section longitudinal separation longitudinal sequence longitudinal shear longitudinal stability longitudinal strain longitudinal stream longitudinal study Longitudinal Valley longitudinal vibration Longitudinal Wave longitudinal-mode delay line Longjumeau Longline Fishing Longman, Evelyn Beatrice Longmeadow Longmen Longmen caves Longmont Longo, Luigi Longs Peak Longshan culture longship longshore bar longshore current longshore drift longshore trough Longstocking, Pippi Longstreet, Augustus Baldwin Longstreet, James			longitudinal parity Longitudinal Parity Check Longitudinal Parity Check Longitudinal Polarimeter longitudinal pontine bundle longitudinal presentation longitudinal quadrupole longitudinal raphe of tongue longitudinal recording Longitudinal redundancy check Longitudinal redundancy check longitudinal reinforcement Longitudinal Research Longitudinal Research Longitudinal Research Database longitudinal resistance seam welding Longitudinal Retirement History Survey Longitudinal sample Longitudinal sample longitudinal section longitudinal section Longitudinal Section Electric Longitudinal Section Magnetic Mode longitudinal separation longitudinal sequence longitudinal shear Longitudinal Smooth Muscle-Myenteric Plexus longitudinal sound waves Longitudinal Spatial Hole Burning longitudinal stability Longitudinal Stability Augmentation System longitudinal strain longitudinal stream Longitudinal Stress Fracture of the Tibia Longitudinal studies Longitudinal studies Longitudinal study Longitudinal study Longitudinal study Longitudinal study Longitudinal Study of Adult Learning Longitudinal Study of Ageing in Africa Longitudinal Study of Aging Longitudinal Study of American Youth Longitudinal Study of Astronaut Health Longitudinal Study of Generations Longitudinal Study of Immigrants to Canada Longitudinal Study of Ocular Complications of AIDS Longitudinal Study of Ocular Leprosy Longitudinal Study of Young People in England Longitudinal Submerged Arc Welded Longitudinal survey Longitudinal survey Longitudinal Survey of Ethnic Minorities Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Australia Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth Longitudinal Time Code Longitudinal Valley longitudinal vibration

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