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Ai PrinciplesnounMWE[An overarching concept, value, belief, or norm that guides AI development, testing, and deployment across the AI lifecycle. The OECD] identifies five complementary values-based principles for the responsible stewardship of trustworthy AI and calls on AI actors to promote and implement them: inclusive growth, sustainable development and well-being; human-centred values and fairness; transparency and explainability; robustness, security and safety; and accountability.verified
Aid StationnounMWE(military) a station located near a combat area for giving first aid to the woundedverified
Air AlertnounMWEthe time period during which military and civilian agencies are prepared for an enemy air attackverified
Air AttachenounMWEa military attache who is a commissioned or warrant officer in an air forceverified
Air BladdernounMWEan air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancyverified
Air CompressornounMWEa compressor that takes in air at atmospheric pressure and delivers it at a higher pressureverified
Air CovernounMWEthe use of military aircraft to provide protection against attack by enemy aircraft during ground or naval operationsverified
Air CurrentnounMWEair moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressureverified
Air CushionnounMWEthe trapped air that supports a hovercraft a short distance above the water or groundverified
Air DefensenounMWEdefensive measures designed to destroy attacking enemy aircraft or missiles or to nullify their effectivenessverified
Air DivisionnounMWEa unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wingsverified
Air EmbolismnounMWEobstruction of the circulatory system caused by an air bubble as, e.g., accidentally during surgery or hypodermic injection or as a complication from scuba divingverified
air gapverbMWETo physically separate or isolate a system from other systems or networks (verb).verified
Air GroupnounMWEa unit of the United States Air Force larger than a squadron and smaller than a wingverified
Air HolenounMWEa local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenlyverified
Air LanenounMWEa designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to anotherverified
Air PocketnounMWEa local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenlyverified
Air ReconnaissancenounMWEreconnaissance either by visual observation from the air or through the use of airborne sensorsverified
Air ThermometernounMWEthermometer that measures temperature by changes in the pressure of a gas kept at constant volumeverified
Air Transportation SystemnounMWEa transportation system for moving passengers or goods by airverified
Air-gapped environmentnounMWESecurity measure that isolates a secure network from unsecure networks physically, electrically, and electromagnetically.verified
Air-Raid ShelternounMWEa chamber, often underground, that is reinforced against bombing and provided with food and living facilitiesverified
Air-To-Ground MissilenounMWEa missile designed to be launched from an airplane at a target on the groundverified
Air-To-Surface MissilenounMWEa missile designed to be launched from an airplane at a target on the groundverified
Airborne TransmissionnounMWEa transmission mechanism in the which the infectious agent is spread as an aerosol and usually enters a person through the respiratory tractverified
Aircraft CarriernounMWEa large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landingsverified
Airing CupboardnounMWEa warm cupboard where you put newly washed clothes until they are completely dryverified
Airline BusinessnounMWEa commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengersverified
Akee TreenounMWEwidely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruitsverified
Al Itihaad Al IslamiyanounMWEa fundamentalist Islamic group in Somalia who initially did fundraising for al-Qaedaverified
Al Sunna Wal JammanounMWEa resurgent Islamic fundamentalist organization based in Nigeria that is thought to be planning terrorist attacksverified
Al-Aksa Martyrs BrigadesnounMWEa militant offshoot of al-Fatah that is the newest and strongest and best equipped faction active in the West Bankverified
Al-Gama'a Al-IslamiyyanounMWEa terrorist organization of militant Islamists organized into tiny cells of extreme fundamentalistsverified
Al-Rashid TrustnounMWEa terrorist group organized in 1996 after the Taliban took over Afghanistan and part of Osama bin Laden's international systemverified