Glossary of engineering

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This glossary of engineering terms is a list of definitions about the major concepts of engineering. Please see the bottom of the page for glossaries of specific fields of engineering.

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A

Absolute electrode potential -
Absolute motion -
Absolute pressure - Pressure measured in reference to a vacuum.
Absolute zero -
Absorbance -
AC power -
Acceleration - rate at which the velocity of a body changes with time, and the direction in which that change is acting.
Acid -
Acid-base reaction -
Acid strength -
Acoustics -
Activated sludge -
Activated sludge model -
Active transport -
Actuator - a motor that translates control signals into mechanical movement.
Acute angle - Any angle of less than 90º.
Adenosine triphosphate -
Adhesion -
Adiabatic process - A process where no heat energy is lost to outside space.
Adiabatic wall - A barrier through which heat energy cannot pass.
Aerobic digestion -
Aerodynamics -
Aerospace engineering -
Afocal system -
Agricultural engineering -
Albedo -
Algae -
Algebra -
Algorithm -
Alkane -
Alkene -
Alkyne -
Alloy -
Alpha particle -
Alternating current - Electrical current with sinusoidal voltage over time.
Alternative hypothesis -
Ammeter - An instrument that is used to measure current.
Amino acid -
Amorphous solid -
Ampere - amp, a unit that describes the rate of flow of electricity (current).
Amphoterism -
Amplifier -
Amplitude -
Anaerobic digestion -
Angular acceleration -
Angular momentum -
Angular velocity -
Anion -
Annealing (metallurgy) -
Annihilation -
Anode -
ANSI - American National Standards Institute.
Antigravity -
Antimatter -
Antineutron -
Antiparticle -
Antiproton -
Applied engineering -
Applied mathematics -
Arc length -
Archimedes' principle -
Area moment of inertia -
Arithmetic mean -
Arithmetic sequence -
Aromatic hydrocarbon -
Arrhenius equation -
Artificial intelligence - the intelligence of machines and the branch of computer science that aims to create it.
Assembly language -
Atom -
Atomic mass -
Atomic number -
Atomic packing factor - The percentage of the volume filled with atomic mass in a crystal formation.
Atomic physics -
Atomic structure -
Audio frequency -
Austenitization -
Automation -
Automaton - An early self-operating robot, performing exactly the same actions, over and over.
Autonomous vehicle - A vehicle equipped with an autopilot system, which is capable of driving from one point to another without input from a human operator.
Avogadro's number - The number of atoms in 1 mol(6.02*10^23).
Azimuthal quantum number -

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B

Bacteria -
Balance sheet -
Barometer - A device for measuring pressure.
Baryon -
Battery - electrochemical cells that transform chemical energy into electricity.
Base -
Baud - Rate at which data is transferred in bits/second.
Beam - A structural element whose length is significantly greater than its width or height.
Beer-Lambert law -
Belt -
Belt friction -
Bending -
Benefit-cost analysis -
Bending moment - A bending force, measured in units of length * distance.
Bernoulli differential equation -
Bernoulli's equation - An equation for relating several measurements within a fluid flow, such as velocity, pressure, and potential energy.
Bernoulli's principle -
Beta particle -
Binomial random variable -
Biocatalysis -
Biochemistry -
Biology -
Biomedical engineering -
Biomimetic -
Bionics -
Biophysics -
Biot number -
Block and tackle -
Body force -
Boiler - A device whose purpose is to add heat to a working fluid in order to vaporize it.
Boiler (power generation) -
Boiling point - The state at which a substance becomes gaseous.
Boiling-point elevation -
Boltzmann constant -
Boson -
Boyle's law -
Bravais lattice -
Brayton cycle -
Break-even analysis -
Brewster's angle -
Brittle -
Bromide - Any chemical substance made up of Bromine, along with other elements.
Brønsted-Lowry acid-base theory -
Brownian motion -
Buckingham ? theorem - A method for determining ? groups, or dimensionless descriptors of physical phenomena.
Buffer solution -
Bulk modulus -
Buoyancy - A force caused by displacement in a fluid by an object of different density than the fluid.

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C

Calculus -
Capacitance - The ability of a body to store electrical potential.
Capacitive reactance -
Capillarity -
Carbonate -
Carnot cycle - A hypothetical thermodynamic cycle for a heat engine.
Cartesian coordinates - Coordinates within a rectangular Cartesian plane.
Casting -
Cathode -
Cathode ray -
Cell membrane -
Cell nucleus -
Cell theory -
Center of gravity - The point of average mass where gravity acts on an object.
Center of mass - The average location of all mass in an object.
Center of pressure -
Central force motion -
Central limit theorem -
Central processing unit -
Centripetal force - A force acting against rotational acceleration.
Centroid - The average point of volume for an object.
Centrosome -
Chain reaction -
Change of base rule -
Charles's law -
Chemical bond -
Chemical compound -
Chemical equilibrium -
Chemical kinetics -
Chemical reaction -
Chemistry -
Chloride - Any chemical compound containing the element chlorine.
Chloroplast -
Chromate -
Chromosome -
Circle -
Circular motion -
Civil engineering -
Clausius-Clapeyron relation -
Clausius inequality -
Clausius theorem -
Coefficient of performance -
Coefficient of variation -
Coherence -
Cohesion -
Combustion -
Compensation -
Compiler - a computer program that translates a high-level language into machine language.
Compressive strength -
Computational fluid dynamics -
Computer -
Computer-aided design -
Computer-aided engineering -
Computer-aided manufacturing -
Computer engineering -
Computer science -
Concave lens -
Condensed matter physics -
Confidence interval -
Conjugate acid -
Conjugate base -
Continuum mechanics -
Control systems engineering -
Convex lens -
Corrosion -
Cosmic rays -
Coulomb -
Coulomb's law -
Covalent bond -
Crookes tube -
Cryogenics -
Crystallization -
Crystallography - The study of crystals.
Curvilinear motion -
Cyclotron -

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D

Dalton's law -
Damped vibration - Any vibration with a force acting against it in order to lessen the vibration over time.
Darcy-Weisbach equation - An euation used in fluid mechanics to find the pressure change cause by friction within a pipe or conduit.
DC motor - An electrical motor driven by direct current.
Decibel - A measurement of sound.
Definite integral -
Deflection -
Deformation (engineering) -
Deformation (mechanics) -
Degrees of freedom - the extent to which a robot can move itself.
Delta robot - a tripod linkage, used to construct fast-acting manipulators with a wide range of movement.
Delta-wye transformer -
Density - The amount of mass, or another property, in a given unit of volume.
Derivative -
Design engineering -
Dew point - The pressure and temperature at which air is holding the maximum possible humidity.
Differential pulley -
Diffusion -
Dispersion -
Displacement (fluid) -
Displacement (vector) -
Distance -
Doppler effect -
Drag -
Ductility -
Dynamics -
Dyne - A measurement of force.

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E

Economics - The study of the economy.
Elastic modulus - The amount a material will deform per unit force.
Elasticity -
Electric charge -
Electric circuit -
Electric current -
Electric displacement field -
Electric generator -
Electric field -
Electric field gradient -
Electric motor -
Electric potential -
Electrical potential energy -
Electric power -
Electrical and electronics engineering -
Electrical conductor -
Electrical insulator -
Electrical network -
Electrical resistance -
Electricity -
Electrodynamics -
Electromagnet -
Electromagnetic field -
Electromagnetic radiation -
Electromechanics -
Electron -
Electronvolt -
Electron pair -
Electronegativity -
Electronics -
Endothermic - A reaction which requires the absorption of heat.
Energy -
Engine -
Engineering -
Engineering economics -
Engineering ethics -
Environmental engineering -
Engineering physics -
Enzyme -
Escape velocity - The minimum velocity at which an object can escape a gravitation field.
Estimator -
Euler-Bernoulli beam equation -
Exothermic - A reaction which requires the production of heat.

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F

Falling bodies -
Farad - A unit of capacitance.
Faraday -
Faraday constant -
Fermat's principle -
Fick's laws of diffusion -
Finite element method -
FIRST, or For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology - is an organization founded by inventor Dean Kamen in 1989 in order to develop ways to inspire students in engineering and technology fields.
Fission -
Fluid -
Fluid dynamics -
Fluid mechanics -
Fluid physics -
Fluid statics -
Flywheel -
Focus -
Foot-pound -
Fracture toughness -
Fraunhofer lines -
Free fall -
Frequency modulation -
Freezing point -
Friction -
Function -
Fundamental frequency -
Fundamental interaction -
Fundamental theorem of calculus -
Fundamentals of Engineering Examination -
Fusion -

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G

Galvanic cell -
Gamma rays -
Gas -
Geiger counter - A device that measures radioactivity.
General relativity -
Geometric mean -
Geometry -
Geophysics -
Geotechnical engineering -
Gluon -
Graham's law of diffusion -
Gravitation -
Gravitational constant -
Gravitational energy -
Gravitational field -
Gravitational potential -
Gravitational wave -
Gravity -
Ground state -

H

Hadron -
Half-life -
Haptic - tactile feedback technology using the operator's sense of touch. Also sometimes applied to robot manipulators with their own touch sensitivity.
Hardness -
Harmonic mean -
Heat -
Heat transfer -
Helmholtz free energy -
Henderson-Hasselbalch equation -
Henry's law -
Hertz -
Hexapod (platform) - a movable platform using six linear actuators. Often used in flight simulators they also have applications as a robotic manipulator.
Hexapod (walker) - a six-legged walking robot, using a simple insect-like locomotion.
Hoist -
Horsepower -
Huygens-Fresnel principle -
Hydraulics - the control of mechanical force and movement, generated by the application of liquid under pressure.
Hydrocarbon -

I

Ice point -
Ideal gas - A model for gases that are very high temperature and low pressure.
Ideal gas constant -
Ideal gas law - An equation defining behavior of an ideal gas.
Indefinite integral -
Identity -
Inertia -
Infrasound -
Integral -
Integral transform -
International System of Units -
Interval estimation -
Ion -
Ionic bond -
Ionization -
Impedance - is the measure of the opposition that a circuit presents to the passage of a current when a voltage is applied.
Inclined plane -
Industrial engineering -
Inorganic chemistry -
Isotope -

J

Joule -

K

Kalman filter - a mathematical technique to estimate the value of a sensor measurement, from a series of intermittent and noisy values.
Kelvin - A scale for the measurement of Temperature relative to absolute zero.
Kelvin-Planck statement -
Kinematics -
Kirchhoff's circuit laws - Laws describing the flow of current and voltage through a circuit.
Kirchhoff's equations -

L

Laminar flow -
Laplace transform -
LC circuit - A circuit consisting entirely of inductors (L) and capacitors (C).
Le Chatelier's principle -
Lenz's law -
Lepton -
Lever -
L'Hôpital's rule -
Light -
Linear actuator - a form of motor that generates a linear movement directly.
Linear algebra - The mathematical study of matrices.
Linear elasticity -
Liquid -
Logarithm -
Logarithmic identities -
Logarithmic mean temperature difference -
Lumped element model -

M

Mach number - The ration of the speed of an object to the speed of sound.
Machine -
Machine code -
Machine element -
Machine learning -
Maclaurin series -
Magnetic field -
Magnetism -
Manufacturing engineering -
Mass balance -
Mass density -
Mass moment of inertia -
Mass number -
Mass spectrometry -
Material properties -
Materials science -
Mathematical optimization -
Mathematical physics -
Mathematics -
Matrix -
Matter -
Maxwell's equations - A number of basic laws describing the behavior of electric current and potential.
Mean -
Measures of central tendency -
Mechanical advantage -
Mechanical engineering -
Mechanical filter -
Mechanical wave -
Mechanics -
Mechanism -
Median -
Melting -
Melting point -
Meson -
Metal alloy -
Metallic bond -
Mid-range -
Midhinge -
Mining engineering -
Miller indices -
Mobile robot -
Mode -
Modulus of elasticity -
Molality -
Molar concentration -
Molar absorptivity -
Molar mass -
Molarity -
Molding -
Molecule -
Molecular physics -
Moment of inertia -
Multibody system -
Multidisciplinary design optimization -
Muon -

N

Nanoengineering -
Nanotechnology -
Navier-Stokes equations -
Neutrino -
Newtonian fluid -
nth root - To put a number of function to the exponential power of 1/n.
Nuclear binding energy -
Nuclear engineering -
Nuclear physics -
Nuclear potential energy -
Nuclear power -

O

Ohm - A unit describing electrical resistance.
Ohm's law - A law describing the relationship between resistance, current, and voltage.
Optics - The study of light.
Organic chemistry -
Osmosis -

P

Parallel circuit - A circuit that begins and ends at the same node as another circuit.
Parity (mathematics) -
Parity (physics) -
Paraffin -
Particle accelerator -
Particle displacement -
Particle physics -
Pascal's Law -
Pendulum -
Petroleum engineering -
pH -
Phase (matter) -
Phase (waves) -
Phase equilibrium -
Photon -
Physical chemistry -
Physical quantity -
Physics -
Planck constant -
Plasma physics -
Plasticity -
Pneumatics - the control of mechanical force and movement, generated by the application of compressed gas.
Point estimation -
Polyphase system -
Power (electric) -
Power (physics) -
Power factor -
Pressure -
Probability -
Probability distribution -
Probability theory -
Psi particle -
Pulley -

Q

Quantum electrodynamics -
Quantum field theory -
Quantum mechanics -
Quantum physics -
Quark -

R

Regelation -
Relative density -
Relative velocity -
Reliability engineering -
Resistivity -
Reynolds number -
Rheology -
Rigid body -
Robonaut - a development project conducted by NASA to create humanoid robots capable of using space tools and working in similar environments to suited astronauts.
Robotics -
Root-mean-square -
Root-mean-square speed -
Rotational energy -
Rotational speed -

S

Sanitary engineering -
Saturation (chemistry) -
Saturated compound -
Scalar (mathematics) -
Scalar (physics) -
Scalar multiplication -
Screw -
Series circuit -
Servo - a motor that moves to and maintains a set position under command, rather than continuously moving.
Servomechanism - an automatic device that uses error-sensing negative feedback to correct the performance of a mechanism.
Shadow matter -
Shear strength -
Shear stress -
Shortwave radiation -
SI units -
Signal processing -
Simple machine -
Siphon -
Solid mechanics -
Solid-state physics -
Solid solution strengthening -
Solubility -
Sound -
Special relativity -
Specific heat -
Specific gravity - The ratio between the mass density of a substance to that of water.
Specific volume -
Specific weight - The weight of a substance per unit volume.
Spontaneous combustion -
State of matter -
Statics - The study of forces in a non-moving, rigid body.
Statistics -
Stefan-Boltzmann law -
Stewart platform - a movable platform using six linear actuators, hence also known as a Hexapod.
Stiffness -
Stoichiometry -
Strain -
Strain hardening -
Strength of materials -
Stress -
Stress-strain analysis -
Stress-strain curve -
Structural analysis -
Structural load -
Sublimation -
Subsumption architecture - a robot architecture that uses a modular, bottom-up design beginning with the least complex behavioral tasks.
Surface tension -
Superconductor -
Superhard material -
Surgical robot - a remote manipulator used for keyhole surgery

T

Technical standard -
Temperature - The measure of heat energy in an object or fluid.
Tempering (metallurgy) -
Tensile force -
Tensile modulus -
Tensile strength -
Tensile testing -
Tension member -
Thermal conduction -
Thermal equilibrium -
Thermal radiation -
Thermodynamics -
Theory of relativity -
Thévenin's theorem -
Three-phase -
Torque -
Torsional vibration -
Toughness -
Trajectory -
Transducer -
Trigonometric functions -
Trigonometry -
Trimean -
Triple point -
Trouton's rule -
Truncated mean -
Truss -
Turbine -
Turbomachinery -
Turbulence -

U

Ultimate tensile strength -
Uncertainty principle -
Unicode -
Unit vector -
Unsaturated compound -
Upthrust -
Utility frequency -

V

Vacuole -
Vacuum - An absence of mass in a volume.
Valence -
Valence band -
Valence bond theory -
Valence electron -
Valence shell -
Valve - A device for controlling fluid flow.
van der Waals equation -
van der Waals force -
van 't Hoff equation -
van 't Hoff factor -
Variable capacitor -
Variable resistor -
Vector space -
Venturi effect -
Vibration -
Viscoelasticity -
Viscosity -
Volt-ampere -
Volt-ampere reactive -
Volta potential -
Voltage -
Volumetric flow rate -
von Mises yield criterion -

W

Watt - A unit of power.
Wave -
Wavelength -
Wedge -
Weighted mean -
Wet-bulb temperature - The temperature of a wetted thermometer with an air current across it. Used in psychometry.
Wheel and axle -
Winsorized mean -

X

X-coordinate -

Y

Y-coordinate -
Yield -
Young's modulus -

Z

Zero Defects -
Zeroth law of thermodynamics -

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