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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US Treasury bill

Financial services; General Finance

US government debt with a maturity of less than a year.

leadout

Sports;

a race tactic in which a rider accelerates to his maximum speed for the benefit of a teammate in tow. The second rider then leaves the draft and sprints past at even greater speed ...

securities loan

Financial services; General Finance

The loan of securities between brokers, often to cover a client's short sale; or a loan secured by marketable securities.

perigee

Astronomy; General astronomy

The point where (and when) an object's orbit ''about the earth'' in which it is closest to the earth; only applicable to objects orbiting the earth (not to objects orbiting the ...

South African Futures Exchange (SAFEX)

Financial services; General Finance

Electronic futures and options exchange based in South Africa.

secular motion

Astronomy; General astronomy

Secular variations in the motions of the planets are those that have very slow changes that proceed through ages (''secula'') in a way such that they are nearly proportional with ...