air equivalent
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a measure of the effectiveness of a material in absorbing nuclear radiation, expressed as the thickness of an air layer (at 0° C and 1 atmosphere) causing the same absorption.
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Each collected on its forward side a layer of highly compressed air equivalent in mass to many feet of rock.
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This "train"�the air equivalent of a motor truck with tandem trailers�taxied across the field and managed to take off, the plane tugging, the gliders lunging after.
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Finally Sir Hugh Trenehard was appointed Marshal of the Royal Air Force, a rank never before bestowed and the air equivalent of "Admiral of the Fleet" or "Field Marshal."
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