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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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scoring blow
Sports; Boxing
A punch that lands cleanly on an opponent's torso or head and is hit with the knuckles. In amateur boxing there is a white stripe on the glove, to help determine if a punch has ...
useful load
Aviation; Airport
The weight of the crew, passengers, fuel, cargo, stores and its battery of either a ship or airplane.
dry-adiabatic lapse rate
Weather; Meteorology
A process lapse rate of temperature, the rate of decrease of temperature with height of a parcel of dry air lifted by a reversible adiabatic process through an atmosphere in ...
string
Energy; Solar power
Series of photovoltiac panels joined together to produce an amount of energy for a particular load
liquidation
Financial services; Venture capital
Sale of the assets of a portfolio company to one or more acquirers when venture capital investors receive some of the proceeds of the sale.
filler
Meat products; Poultry
Extra padding within the shipping containers (cases) that protect each egg from breaking during the handling and shipping process.
