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.

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working capital

Financial services; General Finance

Defined as the difference between current assets and current liabilities (excluding short-term debt). Current assets may or may not include cash and cash equivalents, depending on ...

headset

Sports; Bicycle & electric bicycle

the parts at the top and bottom of the frame's head tube, into which the handlebar stem and fork are fitted.

coal reserves

Energy; Coal

The amount in tons of coal that is estimated to be present in a specific area.

two dollar broker

Financial services; General Finance

Floor broker of the NYSE, who executes orders for other brokers having more business at that time than they can handle with their own private floor brokers or who do not have ...

occultation

Astronomy; Mars

The hiding of one heavenly body by another, as when the moon passes between earth and a star, or when one of the moons of jupiter or saturn passes behind the planet.

airglow (nightglow)

Astronomy; General astronomy

Light in the nighttime sky caused by the collision of atoms and molecules (primarily oxygen, OH, and Ne) in Earth's geocorona with charged particles and X-rays from the Sun or ...