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  2. Ceiling (aeronautics) - Wikipedia

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    The service ceiling is the maximum altitude of an aircraft during normal operations. Specifically, it is the density altitude at which flying in a clean configuration , at the best rate of climb airspeed for that altitude and with all engines operating and producing maximum continuous power, will produce a given rate of climb.

  3. Rate of climb - Wikipedia

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    V x increases with altitude and V Y decreases with altitude until they converge at the airplane's absolute ceiling, the altitude above which the airplane cannot climb in steady flight. The Cessna 172 is a four-seat aircraft. At maximum weight it has a V Y of 75 kn (139 km/h) indicated airspeed [4] providing a rate of climb of 721 ft/min (3.66 m/s).

  4. Floor and ceiling functions - Wikipedia

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    Given real numbers x and y, integers m and n and the set of integers, floor and ceiling may be defined by the equations ⌊ ⌋ = {}, ⌈ ⌉ = {}. Since there is exactly one integer in a half-open interval of length one, for any real number x, there are unique integers m and n satisfying the equation

  5. Price ceiling - Wikipedia

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    A price ceiling is a government- or group-imposed price control, or limit, on how high a price is charged for a product, commodity, or service.Governments use price ceilings to protect consumers from conditions that could make commodities prohibitively expensive.

  6. Point of total assumption - Wikipedia

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    The seller bears all of the cost risk at PTA and beyond, due to a dollar for dollar decrease in profit beyond the costs at the PTA. In addition, once the costs on an FPI contract reach PTA, the maximum amount the buyer will pay is the ceiling price. Note, however, that between the cost at PTA and when the cost equals the ceiling price, the ...

  7. Government Shutdown vs. Debt Ceiling: What’s the Difference?

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    What is the Debt Ceiling? The debt ceiling is the amount of money the U.S. government is legally allowed to borrow in order to pay its bills on pre-existing debt.

  8. Ceiling (cloud) - Wikipedia

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    In aviation, ceiling is a measurement of the height of the base of the lowest clouds (not to be confused with cloud base which has a specific definition) that cover more than half of the sky (more than 4 oktas) relative to the ground.

  9. Paper Ceiling Keeps Workers Without Degrees from Jobs - AOL

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    Called the "paper ceiling," this invisible barrier holds workers without a college degree back. The nonprofit organization Opportunity at Work says as many as 30 million workers are held back by ...