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vb. (en-third-person singular of: bate)

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Bates -- U.S. County in Missouri
Population (2000): 16653
Housing Units (2000): 7247
Land area (2000): 848.466410 sq. miles (2197.517820 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 2.900305 sq. miles (7.511755 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 851.366715 sq. miles (2205.029575 sq. km)
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 38.245471 N, 94.361720 W
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BATES

BATES is an acronym for BAllistic Test and Evaluation System, which is a standardized system for measuring solid rocket propellant performance developed by the United States Air Force Research Laboratory in the early 1960s, used for almost forty years thereafter, and again beginning in 2010. According to this reference, a single propellant grain was used in the original AFRL BATES motor design. An AFRL BATES propellant grain is inhibited on the OD, burning only on the 2 outer ends and the central bore, and is dimensioned so the burning area does not change significantly (< 3% in the original BATES motor) through the burn, generating a flat-topped thrust curve (neutral burn) to minimize propellant characterization costs and simplify the data analysis.

In modern usage, BATES often refers to a type of solid-fuel rocket motor grain geometry. A BATES grain consists of two or more cylindrical grain segments with the outer surface inhibited, but free to burn both on the segment ends and the cylindrical core. Such grains can be configured to achieve a desired thrust-time profile while maintaining an acceptable center of gravity.

Bates (disambiguation)

Bates is a common surname.

Bates may also refer to:

Bates (automobile)

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4-seater Bates advertisement

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The Bates was an automobile manufactured in Lansing, Michigan, by the Bates Automobile Company from 1903 to 1905. The Bates was the brainchild of M.F. Bates, who was vice-president of the company.

Bates (Kent cricketer)

Bates (first name and dates unknown) was an English first-class cricketer who made one appearance for Sir Horace Mann's XI in 1789, scoring one run and holding two catches. Bates played for Mann's team (aka East Kent) against a West Kent team managed by Stephen Amherst on 29–30 June 1789 at Coxheath Common, Mann's XI winning by 8 runs.

Usage examples of "bates".

Captain, and the name Reni Bates does appear on the list of colonists.

Sometime during the course of his conversation with Reni Bates, Gilla Dupree had entered the bridge.

If Bates has actually lived on Heartland for forty years, hell be in possession of information that cannot be found in the few official reports at our disposal.

And, too, with Bates along, there was the possibility he might lose more of his reticence and reveal some of the things he was obviously choosing to conceal.

The eyes of the others darted into the underbrush, but Bates failed to appear.

Like Bates, he was dressed in a tunic of animal hides, but on him the garment looked almost new.

It seemed plain that Bates did not intend to reveal a thing until he had his amnesty.

All he could see of Bates were the highlights of his haggard face, the tiny gleaming eyes.

When Reni Bates and Lola crawled through the doorway behind Kirk, the men also looked puzzled.

It took all the strength he possessed just to keep his eyes from falling shut as Bates droned on.

Never would Harvey Bates cease to marvel at the impersonations of his chief.

Yet for all his natural curiosity, an almost reverential respect for his employer prevented Bates from asking questions.

Even Bates, who had seen such transformations many times before, could not suppress a gasp of astonishment at the new appearance of Secret Agent X.

THOUGH he was a man of infinite patience, Harvey Bates was also a man of action.

Except for the far-flung secret organization which X operated through Harvey Bates, the Agent would probably never have known that a Gman named Jackson was getting tips in regard to scheduled white-cross killings.