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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liquidity event

Financial services; Venture capital

The way in which an investor plans to close out an investment. Liquidity event is also known as exit strategy.

reaction sequence

Software; Analysis software

A reaction sequence is a "suggested mechanism" that is based on incomplete experimental data. For many reactions, all mechanistic information is not available. It is not ...

position of readiness

Sports; Badminton

A place on the court, usually in the center, which a player tries to return after every shot to be in a position to return the next shot.

shadow boxing

Sports; Boxing

This is a training device, where a fighter boxes against an imaginary boxer, hence the name, to work on their speed and footwork.

x axis

Aviation; Airport

A horizontal axis usually marked on a map, graph or chart used to define the distance or changes that are occuring.

drag

Weather; Meteorology

The frictional impedance offered by air to the motion of bodies passing through it. More precisely, the component of aerodynamic force parallel to the direction of mean flow. At ...