International Standard Atmosphere

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a theoretical vertical distribution of the physical properties of the atmosphere up to an altitude of 50 km established by international agreement. It permits the standardization of aircraft instruments and performance of all types of flying vehicles

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How to use International Standard Atmosphere in a sentence

The atmosphere on campuses has gotten repressive enough that comedian Chris Rock no longer plays colleges.
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First, his credentials: He did international mergers and acquisitions at Lazard, a financial and asset management firm.
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Using standard methods, the cost of printing DNA could run upwards of a billion dollars or more, depending on the strand.
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The same Pediatrics journal notes that 17 states have some form of exception to the standard parental consent requirement.
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There is a long history of official anti-clericalism in Mexico, but the atmosphere in Tierra Caliente goes far beyond that.
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And it would be hard indeed, if so remote a prince's notions of virtue and vice were to be offered as a standard for all mankind.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
The tops of the hills were laden with thunder-clouds, and the turbid atmosphere laboured with the stifling Sirocco.
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The new creed, called the King's Book, approved by the houses of convocation, and made the standard of English orthodoxy.
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The news of these successes brought crowds of volunteers to our standard.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
In 1883 she served with many distinguished artists on the art jury of the International Exhibition at Amsterdam.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement