Also known as: CD-/-
CD has various meanings in the Governmental & Military category. Discover the full forms, definitions, and usage contexts of CD in Governmental & Military.
Unit of luminous intensity since 1948. One candela is one lumen per steradian. Formerly called the candle.
Governmental & MilitaryThe amount of electrical current flowing per unit area of cross-section. Or The current flowing to or from a unit area of an electrode surface.
Governmental & MilitaryA Control Display Unit (CDU) is used in remote operated gasfields placed on the seabed. It distributes power, control signals and chemicals arriving through the umbilical and pipelines from land to the other sub-sea structures.
Governmental & MilitaryA number used in calculating the aerodynamic drag acting on a vehicle. The drag coefficient is a function of factors like the shape of the vehicle, airflow through the vehicle for ventilation and cooling. The number is determined in a wind-tunnel or by coasting tests performed on the vehicle. The lower the drag coefficient the less drag on the vehicle and the more aerodynamic is the vehicle.
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