excursion
121Southern Excursion Talks (Deng Xiaoping, 1992) — A relatively new political phenomenon in post Mao China has been the high frequency of visits by national leaders to the provinces. In some instances, these so called inspection trips have led to major policy decisions. From 18 January through 21 …
122sudden excursion — index outburst Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
123gross height excursion — a dangerous and unplanned loss of aircraft height Civil aviation jargon in an environment where nothing must be acknowledged as dangerous or unplanned: ... a nose dive is never called a nose dive. It is a gross height excursion .… …
124lunar (excursion) module — or lunar module n. the component of the Apollo spacecraft used to carry astronauts to the moon s surface and return them to the command and service modules in lunar orbit …
125lunar (excursion) module — or lunar module n. the component of the Apollo spacecraft used to carry astronauts to the moon s surface and return them to the command and service modules in lunar orbit …
126lunar excursion module — noun see lunar module …
127lunar excursion module — (often cap.) U.S. Aerospace. See lunar module. Abbr.: LEM [1960 65] * * * …
128lateral excursion — sideward movement of the mandible between the position of closure and that in which the tips of the cusps of opposing teeth are in vertical proximity …