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Airs à Boire
AIRS may refer to: * Atmospheric Infrared Sounder, a weather and climate instrument flying on NASA's Aqua satellite * Advanced Inertial Reference Sphere, a guidance system designed for use in the LGM-118A Peacekeeper ICBM * Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Society, an association for students interested in Robotics, Electronics, Mechanics, and Artificial Intelligence * Put on airs a phrase describing a person who behaves as if they are better than other people See also *Air (other) {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Advanced Inertial Reference Sphere
The Advanced Inertial Reference Sphere (AIRS) is a highly accurate inertial guidance system designed for use in the LGM-118A Peacekeeper ICBM which was intended for precision nuclear strikes against Soviet missile silos. Details AIRS is a Fluid-suspended gyrostabilized platform system, as opposed to one using a Gimballed gyrostabilized platform. It consists of a beryllium sphere floating in fluid. Jet nozzles are used to stabilize the inertial platform as commanded from the sensors. This design not only eliminates the problem of gimbal lock, but also makes it extremely accurate (drift less than 1.5×10−5 °/h), accurate enough so any further improvement would give a negligible benefit to the missile's CEP. The sensors used in AIRS are floated gas bearing gyroscopes and SFIR accelerometers which are derivatives of PIGA accelerometers. Although this type of accelerometer An accelerometer is a tool that measures proper acceleration. Proper acceleration is the acceleration (t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artificial Intelligence And Robotics Society
Artificiality (the state of being artificial or manmade) is the state of being the product of intentional human manufacture, rather than occurring naturally through processes not involving or requiring human activity. Connotations Artificiality often carries with it the implication of being false, counterfeit, or deceptive. The philosopher Aristotle wrote in his ''Rhetoric'': However, artificiality does not necessarily have a negative connotation, as it may also reflect the ability of humans to replicate forms or functions arising in nature, as with an artificial heart or artificial intelligence. Political scientist and artificial intelligence expert Herbert A. Simon observes that "some artificial things are imitations of things in nature, and the imitation may use either the same basic materials as those in the natural object or quite different materials. Herbert A. Simon, ''The Sciences of the Artificial'' (1996), p. 4. Simon distinguishes between the artificial and the synt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Put On Airs
To put on airs, also give airs, put in airs, give yourself airs, is an English language idiom and a colloquial phrase meant to describe a person who acts superior, or one who behaves as if they are more important than others. It is derived from the French word "air", meaning appearance, and was first used in the 1500s. Variations of the phrase were used throughout the 1700s. The phrase appears in the 1911 ''Dictionary of French and English'' by John Bellows. It appears under the entry for the French word meaning to pose, and more specifically "poseur: a person who pretends to be what he or she is not: an affected or insincere person". History The phrase is derived from the French word "air" which meant appearance or look. The phrase has been in use since the 1500s. To "Give Airs" was also referred to as a fake way of acting. "Put on" is in modern emphatic use means: "to assume deceptively or falsely; to feign, affect or pretend." The phrase appears in the records of the 1661 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
