(Askeri) hava indirme komuta unsuru (Birleşik Devletler Hava Kuvvetleri); hava muharebe unsuru (NATO); Avrupa Müttefik Komutanlığı; havacılık muharebe unsuru Deniz, hava, yer görev kuvveti (MAGTF) (airborne command element (USAF); air combat element (NATO); Allied Command Europe; aviation combat element Marine air-ground task force (MAGTF))
In aerial warfare downing five enemy aircraft qualifies a fighter pilot for the unofficial designation of ace There were 40 American air aces from action during the Korea War alone Thirty-eight were from the Air Force and one each was from the Navy and Marine Corps
Angiotensin Converting Enzyme is a sort of hormone in the kidney which controls the body's fluid/salt balance and has a major role in maintaining blood pressure
Action by the European Community relating to the Environment, for promotion of clean technology and the recycling of waste products Agenda 21: Agreement on action to be taken to protect the Environment It proposes integrating environmental protection and economic development Adopted by the United Nations Conference on the Environment and Development at Rio de Janeiro in June 1992 AGRIMED: The collection of joint research programmes since 1984 that focus on the Mediterranean regions of the EC and on reducing the socioeconomic disparaities between these areas and the rest of the EC AQUARIUS: A 1987 EC-Project on safeguarding the marine environment ATMOSPHERE: Atmospheric Monitoring System for Protection of Health and Environment from Risky Emissions, an EUREKA project on industrial atmospheric pollution
The amount of ionization of the ions of the solar wind (i e , the number of electrons stripped from their original atoms) depends on the temperature of the region on the Sun where the ions originated Because of the high temperatures on the Sun, these ions usually have many more electrons stripped away than the atoms of the same elements in the ionosphere of Earth, say, where the temperatures are much lower Considering oxygen, for example, we may observe O+7 or +8 (meaning 7 or 8 electrons stripped away) in the solar wind, but only O+1 or +2 (1 or 2 electrons stripped away) for oxygen in the ionosphere For each positive ion in the solar wind, including the protons, which are the dominant constituents, there is an electron So the solar wind is electrically neutral on average, just as is the Sun itself
(also called a "hole-in-one") 1 a score of 1 on a hole 2 holing the first shot, or tee shot, on a hole Example: An ace or hole in one is usually made on a par 3, but occasionally it happens on a par 4
Advanced Computing Environment: a consortium to agree on an open architecture based on the MIPS R4000 chip A computer architecture ARCS will be defined, on which either OS/2 or Open Desktop can be run
Advanced Composition Explorer Located with SOHO at L1, ACE provides 24 hour coverage of the solar wind parameters and solar energetic particle intensity ACE may give as much as an hour's warning of CME's that can cause geomagnetic storms here at Earth
of the highest quality; "an ace reporter"; "a crack shot"; "a first-rate golfer"; "a super party"; "played top-notch tennis"; "an athlete in tiptop condition"; "she is absolutely tops
a serve that the receiver is unable to reach one of four playing cards in a deck having a single pip on its face someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field serve an ace against (someone) play (a hole) in one stroke score an ace against; "He aced his opponents"
An ace is a playing card with a single symbol on it. In most card games, the ace of a particular suit has either the highest or the lowest value of the cards in that suit. the ace of hearts
If you describe someone such as a sports player as an ace, you mean that they are very good at what they do. former motor-racing ace Stirling Moss. Ace is also an adjective. ace horror-film producer Lawrence Woolsey