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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flow

Energy; Hydroelectric

Measures water that is discharged and passes a certain point within a specified amount of time, usually measured in cubic feet or meters per second.

two-state

Financial services; General Finance

A pricing equation allowing an underlying asset to assume only two possible (discrete) values in the next time period for each value it can take on in the preceding time period. ...

convection

Astronomy; Mars

Transmission of heat by moving heated gases. In a hot-air furnace the heated air rises and cooler, heavier air falls.

anthropic principle

Astronomy; General astronomy

The weak form of the anthropic principle states that life can exist only during a brief period of the history of our universe. The strong form of the principle states that out of ...