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Air Mile: A distance of approx. 6076 feet.

Impairment: An alteration of health status, assessed by objective medical criteria. This is a medical finding.

Impaired Credit: When a company's total capital is less than the par value of all its capital stock.

Indicated Airspeed (IAS): A direct instrument reading obtained from an air speed indicator uncorrected for altitude, temperature, atmospheric density, or instrument error. Compare CALIBRATED AIRSPEED and TRUE AIRSPEED.

Indoor Air: Breathing air inside a habitable structure, often highly polluted because of lack of exchange with fresh oxygen from outdoors. Solvents, smoke, paints, furniture glues, carpet padding, and o . . . View Full Definition

Inert Pair: Valence electrons in an s orbital penetrate to the nucleus better than electrons in p orbitals, and as a result they're more tightly bound to the nucleus and less able to participate in bond . . . View Full Definition

Impaired Capital: A bond portfolio strategy whose goal is to eliminate the portfolio's risk, in case of a general change in the rate of interest, through the use of duration.

High-Wing Airplane: a monoplane with the single supporting surface mounted on top of the fuselage.

Hair Side: The side of a sheet or parchment or vellum that once carried the animal's hair. It is generally darker and smoother than the flesh side, and it may carry markings such as pores or traces of . . . View Full Definition

Hair Shaft: The portion of a hair that extends above the skins surface.