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The ieee thesaurus is a controlled vocabulary of about 10,644 descriptive engineering, technical, and scientific terms as well as ieeespecific society terms. Mcgrawhill dictionary of engineering second edition. This glossary of civil engineering terms pertains specifically to civil engineering and its subdisciplines. The common terms used in masonry works are listed below 1. Balancing technical and nontechnical skill development. Z zbar flashing bent, galvanized metal flashing thats installed above a horizontal trim board of an exterior window, door, or brick run. Please see the bottom of the page for glossaries of specific fields of engineering. Several terms used in the module may confuse people unfamiliar with this discipline. Environmental engineering is the development of processes and infrastructure for the supply of water, the disposal of waste, and the control of all kinds of pollution. This manual may be used by anyone having access to the system, from novice user to system manager, as a reference text and as a guide to understanding the package as a whole. A dictionary of construction, surveying and civil engineering. This glossary provides in one place a list of key terms with simple explanations of the ways in which they are technically used. Biomedical engineering dictionary of technical terms and phrases pdf engineering, both in education and in practice, has increasingly become a global enterprise.
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A concrete support wall constructed at both ends of a bridge or an arch, in order to resist the horizontal force from the bridge or the arch, support the ends of the bridge span and to prevent the bank from sliding under. It is generally expressed in terms of the minimum angle by which targets must be spaced to be separately distinguishable. Civil engineering dictionary and encyclopedia collection. Over 7,400 entriesthis new dictionary provides definitions and explanations for mechanical engineering terms in the core areas of design, stress analysis, dynamics and vibrations, thermodynamics, and fluid mechanics, in over 7,400 clear and concise a to z entries, many illustrated. Technical terms in fluid mechanics engineering toolbox. Dictionary of mechanical engineering oxford reference. An internal mirror allows the user to see the bubble in the level while sighting a distant target. Pdf glossary of the geotechnical engineering terms. This does not mean that a 100yr event will occur only once in 100 years. Standard glossary of terms used in software engineering iqbba. As illustrated, the generic term is usually modified by acoustical, whereas the specific technical term calls for acoustic.
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