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Dead space Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
Space in a car, truck, vessel, etc., that is not utilized.
Space in a car, truck, vessel, etc., that is not utilized.
Dead space Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
(*) 1. An area within the maximum range of a weapon, radar, or observer, which cannot be covered by fire or observation from a particular position because of intervening obstacles, the nature of the ground, or the characteristics of the trajectory, or the limitations of the pointing capabilities of the weapon. 2. An area or zone which is within range of a radio transmitter, but in which a signal is not received. 3. The volume of space above and around a gun or guided missile system into which it cannot fire because of mechanical or electronic limitations.
Source: U.S. Department of Defense, Joint Doctrine Division. ( About )Dead space Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
The area, zone, or volume of space that is within the expected range of a radio, radar, or other transmitted signal but in which the signal is not detectable and therefore cannot be received. [From Weik '89]
Dead space Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Dead space may refer to:
Physiology
- Dead space (physiology), air that is inhaled but does not play a role in gas exchange
- Dead space ventilation, air exchange
- Deadspace (in breathing apparatus), excess space which the flow of air or breathing gas must pass through and back again as the user breathes in and out, increasing the necessary respiratory effort to get the same amount of usable air or breathing gas
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