GLOSSARY OF TERMS
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adiabatic cooling
Tne process by which the temperatureof
an ascending body of air is changed by
expansion, being about 1.6 degrees
Fahrenheit for each 300 feet of change of
height.
airburst
Strictly defined, the explosion of an atomic
weapon in the air, above land or water, at
a height greater than the maximum radius
of the fireball,
alpha particle
Essentially the nucleus of the helium atom
and consisting of two protons and two
neutrons, Alpha emitting dusts, as
associated with muclear detonations, constitute
a potential health hazard if inhaled or
ingested,
ancillary equipment
That equipment designated for special
operational or functional support of any part
of a weapon,
arming system
That portion of a weapon which originates
the signals required to arm, safe, or resafe
the firing system and the fuzing system, and
to actuate the nuclear safing system,
ballistic shape
1.
An inert dummy weapon having the same
external configuration and identical
ballistic characteristics as the weapon with
which it is associated,
2.
The aerodynamic contour of a weapon,
baro
A pressure sensitive device used in some
atomic bombs to actuate circuits, The tern
is a contraction of "barometric switch,"
sometimes referred to as “baro switch."
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