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ullage::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | indefinite quantity |
Examples of ullage
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They also aided stage separation, and acted as ullage motors.
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Ullage, the injection pressure, affected the reliability of the gun, but not its safety or operation.
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As a wine ages, the space of ullage will increase as the wine gradually evaporates and seeps through the cork.
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Neither have the lead capsules covering the cork and both show signs of ullage, with the level of wine having fallen below the neck of the bottle.
From the guardian.co.uk
The two APSs were also used as ullage engines to settle the propellants in the aft tank engine feed lines prior to the trans-lunar injection burn.
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For the first seven manned Apollo missions only four ullage motors were used on the S-II, and they were eliminated completely for the final four launches.
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Not being a vintner, I had no idea that there was a word for the empty space in a full bottle of wine, much less that the correct term is ULLAGE.
From the wordplay.blogs.nytimes.com
Another minor use is in rocketry, where helium is used as an ullage medium to displace fuel and oxidizers in storage tanks and to condense hydrogen and oxygen to make rocket fuel.
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- The amount that a container (as a wine bottle or tank) lacks of being full
- Ullage refers to the unfilled space in a container of liquid.
- Ullage (from the French ouillage) is a winemaking term that has several meanings but most commonly refers to the headspace of air between wine and the top of the container that it is in. ...
- In a wine bottle, the empty space between the cork and the top of the wine; In a cask or barrel, the empty space, occupied by air, that is created by not completely filling the cask or barrel; In an industrial setting, the empty space in a tank, such as for fuel
- Free space above a liquid contained in a tank, drum or tank-container, expressed as a percentage of the total capacity. Ullage is often used to leave room for possible expansion of the liquid.
- A term that refers to calculating the headspace of a cask, keg or barrel.
- Also known as headspace, the unfilled space in a wine bottle, barrel, or tank.
- The amount by which a bottle, box, packet, etc (of soft drink, breakfast cereal, potato chips, or the like) falls short of being full.
- The un-wetted portion of the tank, i.e. that portion of the tank not in contact with product.
