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英漢對照民用航空詞典                                     BOEING

GRADIENT, The ratio of height gained or lost in a given 梯度，

distance to the distance travelled.                     在給定的距離內(nèi)，獲得或失去的高度與所經(jīng)過的距離之

                                                      比。

GRAPHITE, A strong, light material made from carbon   石墨，

for access panels, landing gear doors and flight        一種由碳纖維所制成的強(qiáng)而輕的材料。用以制造艙口

controls.                                             蓋，起落架艙門和飛行操縱面。

GREAT CIRCLE ROUTE, Is the shortest distance          大圓弧航線，

between two points on the earth's surface. It is the line 地球表面兩點(diǎn)之間的最短距離是以地球中心為圓心,在

formed by the surface of the earth on a plane that    起飛點(diǎn)和著陸點(diǎn)間所形成的弧線。由大圓弧航線形成的真

passes thru the center of the earth, the departure point, 航跡不斷改變。在蘭伯特等角曲線投影上畫的直線接近大

and the destination location. The true course formed by 圓弧航線。

a great circle route constantly changes. A straight line

drawn on a Lambert Conformal Conic Projection

approximates a great circle route.

GROSS PERFORMANCE, Actual or measured                 總性能，

performance of the airplane.                            飛機(jī)實(shí)際的或量得的性能。

GROSS WEIGHT (GW), Total weight of the entire         全重（GW），

airplane, fuel, oil, cargo, passenger, etc.             整架飛機(jī)的重量。包括飛機(jī)，燃油，滑油，貨物，和乘

                                                      客等等在內(nèi)。

GROUND, A part of an electrical circuit or system that 地線，