NASA said the word "ullage" comes from the French term "ouillage," used in winemaking to describe the space between wine and the top of a storage container. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News - UPI.com] Reference
The word "ullage" is taken from the French term "ouillage," which is used in winemaking to describe the space between wine and the top of a storage container, such as a barrel or bottle. From Wordnik.com. [Life, The Universe ...] Reference
“The ullage of the pedagogical recitation was this: no shibboleths in soliloquies.”. From Wordnik.com. [Today is International Make Up a Word Day « Whatever] Reference
Where the wax seal had broken there would be significant ullage and often spoiled product. From Wordnik.com. [Vent your spleen: wax seals on wine bottles | Dr Vino's wine blog] Reference
Lead capsule, hand blown glass, under the shoulder fill – some serious ullage – NEVER topped up. From Wordnik.com. [Embarassing moments in bottle opening - The Rabbit and Benito's blog | Dr Vino's wine blog] Reference
Where the wax dipping had remained perfectly intact, there was minimal ullage and invariably sound wine. From Wordnik.com. [Vent your spleen: wax seals on wine bottles | Dr Vino's wine blog] Reference
Long finish. on 8/15/2009 & rated 94 points: This 750ml bottle was stored in a cool cellar since purchase and had good ullage. From Wordnik.com. [CellarTracker Tasting Notes (all notes)] Reference
By allowing Triton to use the facility to store its petroleum products four years ago, KPC reduced ullage available in the industry. From Wordnik.com. [AllAfrica News: Latest] Reference
Eight ullage motors will be arranged in four pairs on the Ares I upper stage aft skirt, which also houses the reaction control system. From Wordnik.com. [Aero-News Network] Reference
Eight ullage motors will be arranged in four pairs on the Ares I upper stage aft skirt, which also houses the reaction control system, NASA says. From Wordnik.com. [Life, The Universe ...] Reference
The ullage motor helps to ensure that the stage-2 fuel is settled into the bottom of that portion of the rocket before it is ignited to improve ignition. From Wordnik.com. [TechRepublic Blogs] Reference
"We are very excited about this opportunity for our team to practice the basic principles of solid rocket motor design for the Ares I," says Steve Harvison, ullage settling motor design lead at Marshall. From Wordnik.com. [Life, The Universe ...] Reference
"We are very excited about this opportunity for our team to practice the basic principles of solid rocket motor design for the Ares I," said Steve Harvison, ullage settling motor design lead at Marshall. From Wordnik.com. [Aero-News Network] Reference
Moreover, since there is no evidence of this "trending" in any of the three Fuel Cells in Atlantis, and coolant ullage checks have verified that no leaks are present, this issue is not a concern for STS-129. From Wordnik.com. [NASASpaceFlight.com] Reference
All air is carefully excluded from the casks, any ullage is immediately checked, and as evaporation is continually going on the casks are examined every fortnight, when any deficiency is at once replenished. From Wordnik.com. [Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines] Reference
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said the ullage motor tested last week is a small, solid rocket motor serving two roles during the launch of the Ares I rocket -- designed to launch astronauts into space by 2020. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News - UPI.com] Reference
Sunday the 2d, this morning found the store-tent robbed of brandy, filled up all the ullage casks, picked up about the rocks abundance of clams, a shell-fish not unlike our cockles: These fish are at present the support of our life. From Wordnik.com. [A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time] Reference
The dealer moved to court in 2006 accusing KPC of failing to facilitate the berthing of various ships carrying its petroleum products, and demanding Sh9 billion occasioned by the failure to allocate it storage space, commonly known as ullage. From Wordnik.com. [AllAfrica News: Latest] Reference
And even more impressed by how he could spin his boat backwards through a sharp turn into his dock using mysterious (to me) combinations of forward and reverse power on his two engines all the while compensating for windage and tidage and ullage and all that kind of thing. From Wordnik.com. [Proper Course] Reference
Incidentally, this bottle was recorked under the Penfold’s recorking program, which can provide a greater degree of certainty that a bottle will still be in good condition since it has been tasted by a member of the Penfold’s staff (with a wee dram of the current Grange added for topping up any ullage – love that word). From Wordnik.com. [A historic tasting Down Under – Bin 60A, Grange, Hill of Grace | Dr Vino's wine blog] Reference
I took my last glass; for I held the bottle up to the candle to ascertain the ullage. ". From Wordnik.com. [Olla Podrida] Reference
Orion Crew Vehicle in the near future) have undergone rigorous tests both in simulations and in practice scenarios, including the testing of its ullage motor. From Wordnik.com. [TechRepublic Blogs] Reference
No ullage was apparent. From Wordnik.com. [CellarTracker Tasting Notes (all notes)] Reference
"No -- offal -- tripes -- swipes -- ullage.". From Wordnik.com. [Traffics and Discoveries] Reference
Twenty-your allowing for spillage and ullage. ". From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower And The Hotspur]
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