This page gathers the 9,098 dictionary entries belonging to the domain “Engineering”, as labelled by Wiktionary. Each word leads to its full entry: definitions, etymology, pronunciation, examples. Page 32 of 91: from “footrim” to “frequency”.
- footrim noun The usually circular ring at the base of a ceramic vessel that supports it on a surface and may display markings of provenance.
- footroom noun Extra bandwidth for lower-than-expected values.
- for loop noun A section of code in which an instruction or group of instructions is executed a specific number of times depending on the value of a loop…
- force pair noun Two forces acting at the same point with equal magnitude but opposite direction, resulting from Newton's third law ("every action has an…
- forced induction noun The process of blowing compressed air into the cylinders of an internal combustion piston engine to increase the compression ratio and…
- forcing function noun An aspect of interface design that restricts a user's abilities in order to streamline completion of a task.
- foreach loop noun A section of code similar to a for loop, but repeating a series of instructions for every item in a collection.
- forearm noun A section of the weapon between the receiver and the muzzle, used to hold the firearm steady.
- forebeam noun The support section of a robot arm that goes from the main body of the robot to the gripper.
- forecharge noun The shot in the forward part of a firearm cartridge.
- forecolour noun A prominent colour, especially one that is superimposed and visible over other colours.
- foreflow noun A channel or conduit which permits gases or liquids to foreflow.
- foregrip noun A pistol grip-type forestock on the front of a firearm that improves handling characteristics, counters the effects of recoil, and is…
- foreground noun The application the user is currently interacting with; the application window that appears in front of all others.
- foreign key noun A column (or group of columns) in a relational table that identifies another table, so that items in the two tables can be conceptually…
- forensic engineering noun The discipline that applies engineering principles and scientific methods to investigate the causes and circumstances of failures or…
- foreplane noun A relatively flat surface located well forward of a vehicle's center of gravity used for stability and, when movable, used for steering and…
- forest noun A group of domains that are managed as a unit.
- forestone noun A piece of cast-iron which lies across the hearth with its ends resting between the keystones, and which can be moved toward the front or…
- forge verb To shape a metal by heating and hammering.
- forgeable adj That can be forged (shaped under heat and pressure).
- forgetful functor noun A functor that forgets or drops some or all of its input's structure or properties before mapping to the output.
- forgiving adj User-friendly, such that harmful mistakes are not easily made.
- fork verb To spawn a new child process by duplicating the existing process.
- fork bomb noun A program that creates a large number of self-replicating tasks or processes in a computer system in order to cause a denial of service.
- fork-join noun A pattern for parallel computing where execution parallelizes (or forks) at designated points in the program, to later merge (join) again…
- forkable adj Capable of being split into separate processes.
- form verb To treat (plates) to prepare them for introduction into a storage battery, causing one plate to be composed more or less of spongy lead…
- form factor noun A factor describing the stress distribution of a body.
- form feed noun A control character traditionally used to cause the printer to eject the current page of output and start a new page, more recently…
- formal noun A formal parameter.
- formal grammar noun A precise mathematical description of a formal language, consisting of terminal symbols, nonterminal symbols, a nonterminal symbol serving…
- formal language noun A set of finite strings (called words) made of symbols (from a finite set of symbols, called an alphabet).
- formal parameter noun An abstract representation, typically including a name and a type, of a parameter expected to be passed to a method or function.
- formal semantics noun the rigorous mathematical study of the meaning of programming languages
- formalism noun One of several alternative computational paradigms for a given theory.
- format verb To prepare a mass storage medium for initial use, erasing any existing data in the process.
- formate verb To assemble flying aircraft into formation; to fly in formation.
- formation noun A structure made of two categories, two functors from the first to the second category, and a transformation from one of the functors to…
- formatted adj That has been physically arranged to be in a state ready for the storage of data
- formfactor noun The ratio of energy radiating out from one patch to the energy absorbed by another patch, used in the calculation of radiosity.
- fortune cookie noun A quote-of-the-day feature (especially on *nix systems.)
- forty weepy weepy noun The cryptanalysis of an Enigma message which was a continuation of a previous message sent at a known time.
- forty-five noun A .45-caliber firearm.
- forty-four adj (Of a gun) firing a 0.44 inch calibre bullet.
- forward compatibility noun The capability of an electronic device, a piece of software, etc., to interoperate with anticipated future systems.
- forward declaration noun The declaration of an identifier before it is given a complete definition, so that the compiler can know its data type and memory size.
- forward echo noun Synonym of pre-echo.
- forward link noun In radio communications, the link from a fixed location (e.g., a base station) to a mobile user. If the link includes a communications…
- forward proxy noun A server that routes traffic between a client and another system, which is in most occasions external to the network.
- forward reference noun The actual use of an entity before any declaration.
- forward rendering noun A traditional three-dimensional rendering pipeline that sorts light sources applicable to models in world space prior to rasterization.
- foul adj (with "of") Positioned on, in, or near enough to (a specified area) so as to obstruct it.
- foundation model noun An AI model trained on comprehensive data, enabling its application across various use cases such as chatbots and generative AI.
- founder mode noun A management style where the founder of a company is involved in all aspects of the business, rather than delegating responsibilities to…
- foundress noun A female founder (“one who founds or casts metals”).
- Four-Russians noun Method of Four Russians: a technique for speeding up certain matrix operations by partitioning the matrix into smaller blocks associated…
- four-way cock noun A cock connected with four pipes or ports, and having two or more passages in the plug, by which the adjacent pipes or ports may be made to…
- Fourier transform noun A particular integral transform that when applied to a function of time (such as a signal), converts the function to one that plots the…
- foursquare noun A four-square cipher.
- fourth normal form noun A stage in the normalization of a relational database in which a database is in Boyce-Codd normal form and all multi-valued dependencies…
- Fowler flap noun A split flap that slides backwards before hinging downward, thereby increasing first chord, then camber. It may or may not form part of the…
- fox noun A wedge driven into the split end of a bolt to tighten it.
- fox tox noun A cosmetic treatment where Botox injections are used to lift the outer corners of someone’s eyes, making their face resemble that of a fox.
- foxtail noun The last cinders obtained in the fining process.
- fractionate verb To divide each plaintext symbol into several ciphertext symbols as a preliminary stage of encryption.
- fractionation noun A preliminary stage of encryption that divides each plaintext symbol into several ciphertext symbols.
- fraggle attack noun A particular variation of the smurf attack, using UDP traffic bearing the victim's spoofed IP address sent to certain standard ports.
- fragment noun An incomplete portion of code.
- fragmentation noun The breaking up and dispersal of a file into non-contiguous areas of a disk.
- frame noun An independent chunk of data sent over a network.
- frame problem noun The problem of finding an adequate collection of axioms making up a viable description of the world for a robot or artificial intelligence.
- frame rate noun The measurement of how quickly an imaging device can produce unique consecutive images called frames, most often expressed in frames per…
- frame store noun Synonym of framebuffer
- frame-alignment recovery time noun The amount of time that elapses between a valid frame alignment signal that is available at the receiving terminal equipment and the moment…
- framebuffer noun A video output device that drives a display from a memory buffer containing a complete frame of graphical data.
- frameless adj Without frames.
- frameskip noun A software feature that skips the display of certain frames of animation to improve performance at the expense of visual smoothness.
- framestore noun Synonym of framebuffer.
- framework noun A reusable piece of code (and, sometimes, other utilities) providing a standard environment within which an application can be implemented.
- Frankenstein PC noun A custom-built or heavily repaired PC (type of computer) assembled from a mix of mismatched, repurposed, or discarded spare parts rather…
- frecency noun Any heuristic that combines the frequency and recency into a single measure, typically used to predict page revisits in a web browser.
- free verb To relinquish (previously allocated memory) to the system.
- free category noun A category that is induced by a multidigraph thus: it has as its objects the vertices of the multidigraph and its morphisms are paths in…
- free float verb to alter a firearm so that no part of the barrel touches the stock.
- free list noun A data structure, used in dynamic memory allocation, that connects free (unallocated) regions of memory together in a linked list.
- free software noun Software that can be freely copied, redistributed and modified, including source code; software that is libre.
- free state noun A condition of not being supported or constrained by outside forces.
- free store noun A region of memory used for dynamic memory allocation, often synonymous with the heap.
- free surface effect noun The tendency of liquids and liquid-like aggregates to move in response to changes in the attitude of a craft's cargo holds, decks, or…
- free variable noun A variable that is not bound to a storage location.
- free-fall time noun The characteristic amount of time required for a body to collapse under its own gravitational attraction, if no other forces exist to…
- freebooting noun Software piracy, or stealing or unauthorized rehosting of digital content.
- freestanding adj Of a computer program: that runs directly on a computer's hardware, without being managed by an operating system.
- freeware noun Complete and functional software that does not require payment or other compensation (such as viewing advertising) for its use. Freeware…
- freewheel verb Of a gear, to continue spinning after disengagement.
- freeze noun The state when either a single computer program, or the whole system ceases to respond to inputs.
- freezer noun A hardware device that can freeze the state of the system to allow it to be inspected, saved or modified.
- freighter noun An aircraft used mainly to carry freight; a cargo aircraft or cargo plane.
- frequency noun range of electromagnetic waves used for wireless communication in devices like radios, TVs and mobile phones