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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automatic document feeder (ADF)

Office equipment; Copiers

An ADF enables you to make copies without lifting the platen. You load the set of original documents into the feeder, press start, and let the copier move each sheet on and off ...

goalpost

Sports; Football

a tall metallic structure that stands at the back of each end zone; consists of a crossbar and two uprights that extend upward from it, supported directly above the end line by a ...

Monaco

Geography; Capitals

capital of Monaco

resyndication limited partnership

Financial services; Venture capital

A limited partnership in which existing properties are sold to new limited partners, so that they can receive the tax advantages that are no longer available to the old partners.

account

Retail; Others

A category used to group financial information and to create financial statements for a business. Accounts are typically represented by an account number. A well-defined chart of ...

extra base hit

Sports; Baseball

A hit ball that results in more then a single, such as a double or triple. Kept as a statistic, to measure how many Extra Base Hits a player has over the season and over their ...