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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average annual energy

Energy; Hydroelectric

Total amount of energy produced annually; commonly expressed in gigawatt-hours (GWh)

cup

Sports; Golf

The hole that is in the green, which holds the flag and flagstick, where the player is attempting to put the ball in the fewest possible strokes.

cavitation

Energy; Hydroelectric

When air bubbles pass through turbine, damage can be done to the blades, resulting in capacity and efficiency loss. Cavitation is the vibrations or noise heard as the air bubbles ...

cut

Sports; Golf

Hitting the ball so that it moves outside of your stance. Also when a players score is not good enough to move on to the next round of competition he is said to have cut. Players ...

Sports; Golf

This puts backspin on the ball so when it lands it either stops very quickly or it might even move backwards from where it landed. Used when hitting a ball unto the green.