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Engineering
The discipline, art, skill and profession of applying scientific knowledge and principles to the design and manufacturing of machines, structures, devices, systems, materials and processes.
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besselian year
Astronomy; General astronomy
A quantity introduced by F. W. Bessel in the nineteenth century that has been used into the twentieth century. Bessel introduced a system whereby it would be convenient to ...
sustainable growth rate
Financial services; General Finance
Maximum rate of growth a firm can sustain without increasing financial leverage.
astronomical unit (AU)
Astronomy; General astronomy
Approximately equal to the mean earth-sun distance, which is about 150,000,000 km or 93,000,000 miles. Formally, the AU is actually slightly less than the earth's mean distance ...
edge to edge illumination
Advertising; Billboard advertising
A uniform pattern of distributing lights on a Digital Display unit allowing better luminosity and an evenly lit image across the width and height of the board.
zoom
Office equipment; Copiers
The Zoom function enables you to reduce or enlarge copies within a certain percentage range. These days, digital copiers can zoom as high 800 percent and reduce as low as 25 ...
