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 158 DICTIONARY OF AVIATION

multiple-winged 'mAltipal/wirjd adj. [also spelt multiple* wingd] same meaning as multiplefwing.

multiply 'mAlti-pti adv. in a multiple manner; in a mani- fold way; by many paths: as, a muliply^connected region of fluid^fild space.

murky 'niBcki adj. dark, obscure, gloomy.

muslin 'mAzlin n. any one of several kinds of fine cotton cleth, sometimes used in making aerial apparatus.

��nacelle ,ne'sel, ,nse'sel n. the car of a balloon; the frame- work or body of a dirigible balloon or other airship; the bedy?frame; the fuselage.

nadir 'nee-daz n. the point directly underneath the observer; the point epposit to the zenith.

nainsook 'neen,suk, 'neen-sok n. a cetton fabric, a kind of muslin or jaconet of East Indian engin, sometimes used in making kites.

nausea 'nc:-$3 n. a feeling of sickness with inclination to vemit; seasickness.

navigable 'naeviga-bsl adj.

1. admitting of being navigated; affording passage for airships : said of the air or atmosfere.

2. capable of being navigated or guided; steerable; diri- gible : as, a *navigable balloon.

navigate 'naevi/get v.

1. tr. sail or drive : as, to *navigate a balloon.

2. tr. sail in or thru : as, to *navigate the air.

3. intr. sail or travel thru the air or atmosfere. navigating-level 'naevi-getirj^evsl n. a horizontal tjact or

level, in the atmosfere, which is adapted for aerial navi- gating or sailing : as, the inversion *navigating?level.

navigation ,nsevi'gee-$3n n. the action of navigating; the practis or art of passing or traveling thru the air; air? sailing.

aerial navigation, see under aerial.

navigator 'nsevi,get3jr n. one who navigates; a pilot or one of the crew of an airship or flyer; an air^sailor; an aero- naut.

near-ground 'm:z,gzaund adj. taking place near the ground; conducted at a low altitude above the lancUsurface ; close to the ground : as, *near^ground flights.

neck nek n. the narrow or constricted part at the lower end

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