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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in-line

Meat products; Poultry

The streamlining of the production process from laying eggs, grading, packing and or processing into one convenient facility through the use of conveyor systems.

Manama

Geography; Capitals

capital of Bahrain

management buy-in (MBI)

Financial services; Venture capital

Purchase of a business by an outside team of managers who have found financial backers and plan to manage the business actively themselves.

stepwise reaction

Software; Analysis software

A stepwise reaction is a chemical reaction with at least one reaction intermediate and involving at least two consecutive elementary reactions.

push shot

Sports; Badminton

A soft shot where the player push's the shuttlecock with a little wrist motion, usually from net or mid-court, to the opponent's mid-court.

spar

Sports; Boxing

When a pair of boxers box against each other to practice and train. The boxers wear sparing gloves, which are larger then normal gloves to lessen the force of a punch.