Ullage

NASA said the word "ullage" comes from the French term "ouillage," used in winemaking to describe the space between wine and the top of a storage container. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The word "ullage" is taken from the French term "ouillage," which is used in winemaking to describe the space between wine and the top of a storage container, such as a barrel or bottle. ❋ Unknown (2008)

NASA said the word "ullage" comes from the French term "ouillage," used in winemaking to describe the space between wine and the top of a storage container. In this case, it refers to the space at the top of the first stage fuel tank and the need to push the fuel to the bottom of the tank. ❋ Unknown (2008)

This 750ml bottle was stored in a cool cellar since purchase and had good ullage. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Where the wax dipping had remained perfectly intact, there was minimal ullage and invariably sound wine. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Lead capsule, hand blown glass, under the shoulder fill – some serious ullage – NEVER topped up. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Courtesy of Octavian Backlit photography clearly shows ullage level and label quality "One of the great advantages of having an underground storage facility as opposed to an above-ground warehouse," says Mr. Greer, "is that a thief can't just take a large vehicle and smash their way in." ❋ Will Lyons (2011)

Where the wax seal had broken there would be significant ullage and often spoiled product. ❋ Unknown (2009)

“The ullage of the pedagogical recitation was this: no shibboleths in soliloquies.” ❋ Unknown (2008)

All air is carefully excluded from the casks, any ullage is immediately checked, and as evaporation is continually going on the casks are examined every fortnight, when any deficiency is at once replenished. ❋ Henry Vizetelly (1857)

Sunday the 2d, this morning found the store-tent robbed of brandy, filled up all the ullage casks, picked up about the rocks abundance of clams, a shell-fish not unlike our cockles: These fish are at present the support of our life. ❋ Robert Kerr (1784)

By allowing Triton to use the facility to store its petroleum products four years ago, KPC reduced ullage available in the industry. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The dealer moved to court in 2006 accusing KPC of failing to facilitate the berthing of various ships carrying its petroleum products, and demanding Sh9 billion occasioned by the failure to allocate it storage space, commonly known as ullage. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The ullage settling motor is a small, solid rocket motor that serves two key roles during the launch of the Ares I rocket. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And even more impressed by how he could spin his boat backwards through a sharp turn into his dock using mysterious (to me) combinations of forward and reverse power on his two engines all the while compensating for windage and tidage and ullage and all that kind of thing. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Moreover, since there is no evidence of this "trending" in any of the three Fuel Cells in Atlantis, and coolant ullage checks have verified that no leaks are present, this issue is not a concern for STS-129. ❋ Unknown (2009)