R Governmental & Military Abbreviation

Restricted Area

A specified area on land or water designated by an appropriate authority within which access or navigation is restricted in accordance with certain specified conditions. A deck, space, area, etc., not permitted to be entered for safety reasons.

Range

The difference between the highest and lowest values of a measurable attribute of the output of a process. An area between two limits within which a quantity is measured, stated in terms of a lower and upper limits. The categorization of an attribute into different segments. The set of values that a quantity or function may take.

Radial

Line from a VOR or NDB. For example, the 180 radial from a VOR represents a line south of that VOR. In a direction directly outward from the center of a circle or sphere or from the axis of a cylinder. The spokes of a wheel, for example, are radial. A magnetic bearing extending from a very high frequency omni-range and/or tactical air navigation station.

Radical

An atom or group of atoms that contains one or more unpaired electrons (usually very reactive species)

Registered Trademark

A distinctive symbol, name, etc., on a product or company, which is registered and protected by law so it cannot legally be used by anyone else.

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Remote

A station near a pump consisting of both an 'On' and an 'Off' button. A pump can be started or stopped by its corresponding remote. Pertaining to a system, program, or device that is accessed through a communication line. also link-attached. For hierarchical storage management products, pertaining to the origin of migrated files that are being moved. also local. Any object that is maintained by a remote DB2 subsystem (that is, by a DB2 subsystem other than the local one).

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Resist

A material applied to a part of the surface of an article to prevent reaction of metal from that area during chemical or electrochemical processes. A material applied to prevent the flow of brazing filler metal into unwanted area. 

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