It is clear that internal engine corrosion is prevelant and it is bad. Doing the math with general round numbers, if an engine overhaul costs $30,000, at 2,000-hour TBO, the cost is $15 per hour. Shorten the life of that engine by 500 hours and you have just lost $7,500. The causes â the debate. Scientists have long known how the process of corrosion occurs.
floss (plural flosses) 1  a thread, used to clean the area between the teeth. ( 2 raw) silk fibres. 3  the fibres covering a corn cob.  Any thread-like material having parallel strands that are not spun or wound around each 1  other. (Britain) Spun sugar or cotton candy, especially in the phrase candy floss.  A body feather of an ostrich.
floss cleft, n a narrow gap created in the gingival tissues between the teeth by floss that is repeatedly positioned incorrectly so that it presses against the gingiva. floss cuts, prevention of, n the patient care information centered around the protection of injury to the gingival tissues, particularly the col. Instruction includes careful attention to the angle and thickness of floss used, as well as proper flossing technique.