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Definition of Expendables
1. expendable [n] - See also: expendable
Lexicographical Neighbors of Expendables
Literary usage of Expendables
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rural Growth Linkages: Household Expenditure Patterns in Malaysia and Nigeria by P. B. R. Hazell, Ailsa Röell (1983)
"However, their average expenditure shares for consumer expendables and locally
... It has a positive effect on clothing and footwear, consumer expendables, ..."
2. Where No Man Has Gone Before: A History of Apollo Lunar Exploration Missions by William D. Compton (1996)
"... to an unmanned supply vehicle that could be stocked with expendables, scientific
equipment, and mobility aids to support explorations of 7 to 14 days. ..."
3. Commercial Space Launch Industry: Congressional Hearing edited by Bill Frist (2001)
"Expendables have had a consistent level of reliability in the 90% range.
This unreliability drives up insurance costs; on some vehicles the premium for ..."
4. Environmental Information for Naval Warfare by National Academy of Engineering, Inc NetLibrary (2003)
"Increased sampling may come with a cost, owing to both the cost of expendables
and the associated cost of operations. It may also be either risky or ..."
5. Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicle by Roger E. Bilstein (1999)
"All equipment, expendables, and experiments would be installed ahead of time in
the workshop, ready for use when the astronaut crews made their rendezvous ..."
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