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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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thermal efficiency
Automotive; Vehicle equipment
The percentage of the heat developed in burning fuel that is actually used to develop power.
traction
Automotive; Vehicle equipment
A situation in which the friction between two surfaces allows them to stick together enough to do useful work.
transducer
Automotive; Vehicle equipment
Device that converts variations in one energy form into corresponding variations in another, usually electrical.
transmission electron microscope (TEM)
Automotive; Vehicle equipment
A TEM allows a beam of electrons to interact with atoms of a thin sample (<100 nm), producing information about the sample from transmitted and deflected electrons, backscattered ...
turbine
Automotive; Vehicle equipment
Machine for generating rotary mechanical power from the energy in a stream of fluid. The energy, originally in the form of head or pressure energy, is converted to velocity energy ...
turbocharger
Automotive; Vehicle equipment
A turbine driven by exhaust gases that increases engine power by forcing relatively large amounts of air into the cylinders of an engine.
