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ullage

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ullage [′əl·ij]
(engineering)
The amount that a container, such as a fuel tank, lacks of being full.
(naval architecture)
The distance from the surface of the oil in a cargo tank of an oil tanker to the top of the hatch, or to the top of the inspection cover in the hatch.
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They were also left on ullage, which meant there was an empty space above the wine.
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The Hercules C130k aircraft, 47 Squadron Special Forces flight XV179, was flying at about 150ft from Baghdad to Balad in daylight when it was felled by a medium-calibre anti-aircraft round which hit a fuel tank in the right wing, causing the ullage - a flammable fuel vapour/air mix created as the tank empties - to explode and blow off the wing.
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It was an ullage explosion caused by enemy fire that took down the C130k aircraft in 2005.
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