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 39 of 91: from “hypermobility” to “induction”.
- hypermobility noun The practice of taking frequent trips, usually by air.
- hyperoperator noun An operator that acts on every member of a set.
- hypersequential adj Of or relating to a means of serializing a concurrent program so that it can be debugged as though it were sequential, before converting it…
- hypersonic adj Of a speed, equal to, or greater than, or capable of achieving, five times the speed of sound.
- hyperstructure noun A set of documents interlinked by hyperlinks, along with the links between documents.
- hypertexture noun A realistic simulated surface texture produced by adding small distortions across the surface of an object.
- hyperthreading noun A form of microprocessor parallelization where each physical processor is treated as two virtual processors.
- hypervisor noun A firmware or software system that provides a virtual machine and allows it to operate directly on underlying hardware (instead of via…
- hypothenar noun The ulnar fleshy side of the palm, formed by the underlying three muscles of the little finger; the hypothenar eminence.
- hypothesizer noun Any of several systems that attempt to make educated guesses from incomplete information.
- I-beam noun A beam with cross-section shaped like a capital letter I (with serifs top and bottom), used in construction.
- I/O bound adj Of total system throughput, being limited by the input/output rate, rather than by processing speed of the CPU.
- IA-64 noun An EPIC 64-bit instruction set architecture designed to allow relatively simple, cheap CPUs to execute many 64-bit instructions…
- IAD noun intelligent assist device
- IBM noun Initialism of intercontinental ballistic missile.
- IBM PC noun The original IBM Personal Computer.
- icing noun Conditions conducive to the formation of ice on aircraft surfaces.
- icon noun A small picture that represents something.
- iconize verb To minimize (a window) on a computer screen, replacing it with a representative icon.
- iconless adj Without graphical icons.
- id noun Identifier.
- id. adv Abbreviation of idem; used in citations to state that the citation is found in the same work as the one previously cited.
- idempotence noun A quality of an action such that repetitions of the action have no further effect on the outcome; the state of being idempotent.
- idempotent adj (said of a function) Such that, when performed multiple times on the same subject, it has no further effect on its subject after the first…
- ident verb To activate the aircraft transponder identification feature.
- identicon noun A graphical symbol, usually automatically generated, representing some entity for easy visual identification.
- identification division noun The (sometimes optional) part of a COBOL program that identifies the name of the program (and optionally of its programmer)
- identifier noun A formal name used in source code to refer to a variable, function, procedure, package, etc. or in an operating system to refer to a…
- identity noun Any function which maps all elements of its domain to themselves.
- identity broker noun An intermediary proxy service connecting multiple service providers with multiple identity providers.
- identity functor noun A functor from a category to itself which maps each object of that category to itself and each morphism of that category to itself.
- identity morphism noun A unique morphism corresponding to each object of a category, which has its domain equal to its codomain, and which composed with any…
- identity provider noun A system entity that creates, maintains, and manages identity information for principals and also provides authentication services to…
- idiom noun A programming construct or phraseology that is characteristic of the language.
- idiomatic adj Following the conventions of the language, or doing things in the common way for the language, rather than code that is ported from another…
- idiomorph noun A pattern word.
- idiot tape noun A basic form of computer tape that holds unjustified text, and is later processed automatically by a machine that determines where line…
- idle noun The lowest selectable thrust or power setting of an engine.
- idle wheel noun A wheel placed between two others to transfer motion from one to the other without changing the direction.
- if conj A keyword that invokes conditional processing: in the event that a given condition is true, execute the given statement(s) (otherwise…
- if-then noun A conditional statement; a line of code that specifies a Boolean condition to check and a statement to execute when that Boolean evaluates…
- ifdef noun A construct in source code that allows another part of the code to run only if a specified identifier is defined in the program.
- ignition noun A system for activating combustion in a combustion engine.
- ignition timing noun Of a spark ignition internal combustion engine, the timing, relative to the current piston position and crankshaft angle, of the release of…
- IL noun Intermediate language
- ill-formed adj Not well-formed.
- image verb To create a complete backup copy of a file system or other entity.
- image copy noun A backup copy of a database in a format that may be used, along with incremental logs, to recreate the database after a hardware failure
- imager noun A system that creates a digital copy such as a disk image.
- imbrication noun The use of relative positioning, often by varying amounts of indentation, to define hierarchical relationships between elements of code.
- immediate adj Embedded as part of the instruction itself, rather than stored elsewhere (such as a register or memory location).
- immediate mode noun A mode in which the application is directly responsible for rendering graphics to the display, contrasting with retained mode.
- immediate real-time adj Of a system, processing and transmitting data instantly but with negligible, subsecond latency (usually in milliseconds).
- Immelmann turn noun A WWI-era fighter pilot maneuver resembling the aerobatic wingover or hammer-head turn, originally developed by Max Immelmann.
- immunisation noun The process of immunising signalling and traction power supplies so they don't interfere with each other.
- immunotronics noun The design of electronic systems inspired by the natural immune system. Related areas include embryonics (embryological electronics), and…
- immutability noun The state of being unchangeable in the memory after creation.
- immutable adj Not able to be altered in the memory after its value is set initially.
- impact printer noun A printer in which each character is produced by part of the mechanism striking the paper (normally through an inked ribbon)
- imperative adj Having semantics that incorporates mutable variables.
- imperative language noun Any programming language that consists (mostly) of a series of commands, typically assigning values to objects; a procedural language.
- impersonate verb To operate with the permissions of a different user account.
- implement verb To realize a technical specification, e.g. of an algorithm, interface, or protocol.
- implementation noun A result of implementing something; a finished product, system or device.
- implicant noun On a Karnaugh map: a set of ones (whose quantity is a power of two) which are related by adjacency (i.e., the set is connected, if the…
- implicit modeling noun A type of digital modeling that defines surfaces, edges, nodes, and points with mathematical equations, which entails that the geometry of…
- implode verb The opposite of explode, array to string conversion.
- import verb To load a file into a software application from another version or system.
- impostor noun A sprite or animation integrated into a three-dimensional scene to look like part of the 3D world.
- impulsive adj Of a force, acting momentarily, or by impulse; not continuous.
- impure adj Having side effects.
- imputation noun A distribution that is efficient and individually rational.
- in line adj Having all cylinders in a single straight line; straight.
- in series prep_phrase Of components: connected in a chain, instead of in parallel.
- in-band signaling noun The sending of control information within the same band or channel used for data such as voice or video.
- in-line expansion noun The replacement by a compiler of a function call with a copy of the entire function body, sometimes used as an optimization.
- in-plane switching noun A type of liquid crystal display (LCD) layered parallel between two glass pieces that is activated by an electric current to produce an…
- in-tree noun An n-ary tree data structure in which each node has a pointer to its parent node, but no pointers to child nodes.
- inboard adj Positioned nearer to the centre line of a vessel.
- inbox noun An electronic folder serving the same purpose, but for electronic files, especially email.
- incantation noun Any esoteric command or procedure.
- incendiary adj Of a damaging fire, intentionally caused rather than accidental.
- inclined plane noun One of the simple machines; a sloping surface such as a ramp such that an object can be raised with less effort than being lifted…
- include noun A piece of source code or other content that is dynamically retrieved for inclusion in another item.
- include guard noun In C and C++, a preprocessor directive used in header files to prevent them from being included multiple times.
- inclusive or noun A logical connective joining two or more predicates that yields the logical value "true" when at least one of the predicates is true.
- incrementalize verb To make (an operation) incremental, using results from previous iterations instead of performing a complete recalculation every time.
- indeterminism noun A situation in which there are multiple valid options for next step in a process.
- index verb To access a value in a data container by an index.
- index register noun A processor register (or an assigned memory location) used to point to operand addresses during the run of a program, useful for stepping…
- index term noun A term associated with particular documents in an index used for document retrieval; typically, a term that captures the essential meaning…
- indexer noun A special property of a class allowing objects of the class to be accessed by index as though they were arrays or hash tables.
- indexing language noun A controlled set of terms selected from natural language and used to represent, in summary form, the subjects of documents within a given…
- indicated airspeed noun The airspeed displayed by an aircraft's airspeed indicator based on measurements from the pitot-static system; the airspeed used by pilots…
- indicator card noun A diagram showing engine pressure and changes in volume.
- indifferent adj Being in the state of neutral equilibrium.
- indirect verb To access by means of indirection; to dereference.
- indirection noun Use of a variable or object through its address.
- inducteous adj Rendered electropolar by induction, or brought into the opposite electrical state by the influence of inductive bodies.
- induction noun The delivery of air to the cylinders of an internal combustion piston engine.