a contingency concerning a system which is either true or false if it is definite, but which (in view of a fundamental conceptual innovation of quantum mechanics) may he indefinite. A near-synonym for this term is `proposition'. [D89] ...
FiedlerFiedler contingency modelFief of Viipuri
FiefdomFiefsFieke Boekhorst
Fiel a la VegaFiel a la Vega (album)Field's metal ...
In reality, even more time was lost because the crew hadn't trained for a such a contingency and there was some initial confusion about whether or not both of them had to get off the Rover.
sense it embraces various theories of language (such as logical syntax and semantics), metalogic (the methodology of formal systems), theories of modalities (the analyses of the notions of necessity, possibility, impossibility, and contingency), ...
As astronomers are finding more and more planets around distant stars, in some cases imaging raging storms in their atmosphere, questions are turning to the state of geological activity on the rocky planet contingency.
The mission of Marine Forces Reserve is to augment and reinforce active Marine forces in time of war, national emergency or contingency operations, provide personnel and operational tempo relief for the active forces in peacetim...
Commonly, unforeseen problems arise, and the onboard fault protection algorithms receive their inevitable tests; the spacecraft will, more likely than not, go into safing or contingency modes (as described in Chapter 11), ...
Once it was confirmed the capsule touched down out on the range, the flight crews were guided toward the site to initiate a previously developed contingency plan.
Nor was the perfect order and arrangement and everything less striking: each possible contingency had been foreseen, each detail carefully rehearsed; ...
insurance (contracts) (NASA Thesaurus) Coverage by contract whereby one party undertakes to indemnify or guarantee another against loss by a specified contingency or peril. intake pressure (NASA SP-7, 1965) = inlet pressure.
 See also: Time, Second, Period, Earth, Light
  
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