Home > Industry/Domain > Engineering
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.
0Categories 321696Terms
Add a new termContributors in Engineering
Engineering > 
resolution
Entertainment; TV
The amount of detail that can be seen in a broadcast image. For television, resolution is measured in horizontal lines displayed (commonly 480, 720, or 1080).
x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
Automotive; Vehicle equipment
Analytical technique in which information about the surface of a specimen is obtained by studying the spectrum of photoelectrons emitted from the surface when it is bombarded by ...
yaw angle
Automotive; Vehicle equipment
The angle of rotation of a body about a vertical axis with respect to the flow stream direction.
ape hangers
Automotive; Motorcycles
Elevated handlebars raising the rider's hands above the shoulders.
Ape Hangers
Automotive; Motorcycles
Elevated handlebars raising the rider's hands above the shoulders.
atmospheric inlet valve
Automotive; Motorcycles
The falling of the pistons activates the opening of inlet valves by causing a vacuum. Usually found in the early single cylinder Harleys.
