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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wings

Sports; Soccer

the outside forwards who play to the sides of the strikers and whose primary task is to provide them with accurate crossing passes so they can shoot at the goal; often the fastest ...

London

Geography; Capitals

capital of United Kingdom

substituent

Software; Analysis software

A substituent is an atom or group of bonded atoms that can be considered to have replaced a hydrogen atom (or two hydrogen atoms in the special case of bivalent groups) in a ...

kill

Sports; Badminton

A hard, fast, downward shot that has no chance of being returned. It is also called a put-away. See also Smash

rabbit punch

Sports; Boxing

A punch that lands on the back of the head or neck of the other fighter. This is an illegal punch.

static wire

Aviation; Airport

When an aircraft is refuelling on the ground a small spark due to static build up can cause a deadly explosion or fire. A static wire, just a clip on wire, is used to ground an ...

marketplace price efficiency

Financial services; General Finance

The degree to which the prices of assets reflect the available marketplace information. Marketplace price efficiency is sometimes estimated as the difficulty faced by active ...

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