(Askeri) BAĞLI BALON: Bir halat vasıtasıyle yere tespit edilmiş balon. Bağlı balonlar, gözetleme için veya düşman uçaklarına bir engel olarak kullanılırlar
(Askeri) TESPİT EDİLMİŞ FÜZE TESTİ; BREMZE FÜZE TESTİ: Füze bremze üzerine tespit edilmiş durumda iken yapılan test. Bu testin başlıca maksadı, sevk ve uçuş kontrol sistemlerinin tam çekiş şartları altında, uygun şekilde çalışıp çalışmadıklarını anlamaktır. Ayrıca, füze ile birlikte seyredecek tali sistemlerden biri veya hepsinin çalışma durumları da tecrübe edilebilir
If you take someone captive or hold someone captive, you take or keep them as a prisoner. Richard was finally released on February 4, one year and six weeks after he'd been taken captive. someone who is kept as a prisoner, especially in a war
an animal that is confined a person held in the grip of a strong emotion or passion in captivity
Of or pertaining to bondage or confinement; serving to confine; as, captive chains; captive hours
An insurance or reinsurance subsidiary of an industrial company, trade association, or not-for-profit organization Captives insure or reinsure parent-related business, non-parent business, or both Though the number of domestic captives is increasing, most captives are still located in tax-advantaged offshore domiciles such as Barbados, Bermuda, or the U K 's Channel Islands
A captive audience is a group of people who are not free to leave a certain place and so have to watch or listen. A captive market is a group of people who cannot choose whether or where to buy things. We all performed action songs, sketches and dances before a captive audience of parents and patrons Airlines consider business travellers a captive market
A corporation formed by a business or a group of affiliated businesses for the purpose of accepting insurance or reinsurance risks in which they have an insurable interest
One charmed or subdued by beaty, excellence, or affection; one who is captivated
- A closely held insurance company established to meet the insurance or reinsurance needs of its owners Certain offshore insurers, known as "rent-a-captives," make their facilities available to other organizations for a fee
A captive person or animal is being kept imprisoned or enclosed. Her heart had begun to pound inside her chest like a captive animal. A captive is someone who is captive. He described the difficulties of surviving for four months as a captive. = prisoner
deeply moved; "sat completely still, enraptured by the music"; "listened with rapt admiration"; "rapt in reverie"
(Ekonomi) Buyer or user who is reluctant to substitute one product or vendor with another, because of the high cost (in terms of discomfort, effort, and/or money) involved in switching