release point

1. In road movements, a well-defined point on a route at which the elements composing a column return under the authority of their respective commanders, each one of these elements continuing its movement towards its own appropriate destination.
2. In air transport, a point on the ground directly above which the first paratroop or cargo item is airdropped. See also computed air release point.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

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"The Navy fuel depot property and adjacent EPA property allows a secure release point, with easy, safe access for spectators and students," said Polley.

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Club members take their pigeons to Chicopee, where they are put into a racing truck and taken to different release points to fly back to their owners' homes.

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Particle concentrations then began to decrease with respect to time and distance from the aerosol release point. Differences, however, were observed with respect to particle size and airflow alignment (Table 2 and Figure 4).

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floridanum was 146 m from the release point of a pepper greenhouse; and in this greenhouse the parasitoids were found on the yellow sticky cards hung above the plants in the last row at both ends of the greenhouse.

Flight capacity of Copidosoma floridanum (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) in vegetable greenhouses

The first pair moved farther from the release point than the second did.

Translocation and radiotelemetry monitoring of black-tailed marmosets, Callithrix (Mico) melanura (E. Geoffroy in Humboldt), in a wildlife rescue operation in Brazil

The head remains calm and the weight kept back until the swing begins or the baseball reaches the release point. At this time, the weight must transfer to the front side.

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Release point, hence release angle, is measured by a laser sensor, average moisture and CD profiles by IQInsight and cationic charge demand by kajaaniCATi.

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* Establish a GAC control team responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing the GAC movement out of the ISB to the release point. A well-organized GAC team has personnel responsible for staging, preventive maintenance checks and services, load plans, and march unit manifests and is resourced for 24-hour operations.

Ground assault convoys at the JRTC

In the past, aircraft flew missions in which the weapons release point was known before takeoff.

Planning strike missions: the US Air Force and Navy are updating mission-planning systems in order to use precision-guided weapons more effectively. (Operations)

The surface design has a higher release point that shortens product contact time and adhesion and facilitates a cleaner release.

Gentler handling and efficient dewatering. (Plant & Equipment)

This enabled the PAD team to update and refine the Computed Aerial Release Point in realtime while aboard the aircraft.

Precision Aerial Delivery. (News)

The effective dose equivalent of the reference accident via inhalation is 55mSv at a distance of 70 metres from the release point and 1 mSv at a distance of 2,250 metres.