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 40 of 91: from “induction coil” to “interface”.
- induction coil noun A pattern, often unstable itself on its own, that stabilizes an unstable pattern's edge(s) without directly touching it by preventing cells…
- induction motor noun An alternating current motor in which currents in the secondary wiring of the rotor are created by induction from the magnetic field of the…
- inductor noun A passive device that introduces inductance into an electrical circuit.
- industry noun Automated production of material goods.
- inerter noun An active suspension component that is the dual of the spring. A device that reacts similarly to a spring but 180-degrees out of phase.
- inertial navigation system noun A self-contained navigation device that determines an object's position, orientation, and velocity without relying on external references.
- inertial reference noun Any of various devices found in airplanes, missiles, satellites, guns, etc. that sense and calculate data such as linear acceleration and…
- inertial reference unit noun A device which uses the forces applied to a spacecraft or aircraft in order to track its orientation.
- infinite scroll noun A web design technique that loads more content as the user scrolls towards the end of the loaded content. This prevents the browser scroll…
- infix operator noun an operator that is placed in between the operands like it is commonly used in arithmetical and logical formulae and statements.
- inflate verb To decompress (data) that was previously deflated.
- influence noun Electrostatic induction.
- info-dump noun A large volume of data supplied at the same time.
- informatics noun A branch of information science and of computer science that focuses on the study of information processing, particularly with respect to…
- information noun The meaning that a human assigns to data by means of the known conventions used in its representation.
- information and communications technology noun The processing of data using computers, and the movement of data between computers.
- information entropy noun A measure of the uncertainty associated with a random variable; a measure of the average information content one is missing when one does…
- information hiding noun The technique to hide information so that it is invisible from the outside of an object. (It is a principle of segregation of design…
- information integrity noun The accuracy, consistency and reliability of the information content, processes and systems, especially with regard to database corruption.
- information literacy noun The overall understanding of how information is produced and valued, and used to create new knowledge.
- information radiator noun In agile software development, a physical notice board presenting an up-to-date summary of the product development status.
- information retrieval noun The science of searching for information in documents, searching for documents themselves, searching for metadata which describe documents…
- information technology noun The practice of creating and/or studying computer systems and applications.
- ingate noun The aperture in a mould for pouring in the metal; the gate; tedge.
- ingest verb To cause (an undesired object or fluid) to enter the engine, generally via the intake.
- ingestion noun Intake of data into a computer system.
- inherit verb To derive (existing functionality) from a superclass.
- inheritance noun The mechanism whereby parts of a superclass are available to instances of its subclass.
- inheritor noun A class, etc. that derives from another code element through inheritance.
- initiable adj Able to be set to an initial value or state; initializable
- initial object noun An object within a category which sends out arrows to all other objects in that category, and such that each of these arrows is unique.
- initialization noun An assignment of an initial value for a data object or variable
- initialize verb To assign an initial value to a variable.
- initializer noun A routine that prepares something for use.
- initiator noun A task (in a mainframe computer) that initiates multiple jobs.
- inject verb To introduce (code) into an existing program or its memory space, often without tight integration and sometimes through a security…
- injection noun A morphism from either one of the two components of a coproduct to that coproduct.
- injective adj Loosely, having a property analogous to that which characterizes injective modules (see above). Formally, such that, given a monomorphism…
- inkjet printer noun A device for the printing of documents which that operates by propelling tiny droplets of liquid ink onto paper.
- inlead verb To lead into; conduct.
- inlet verb To carve the wooden stock of a firearm so as to position the metal components in it.
- inline verb To optimize using in-line expansion.
- innage noun The amount of fuel remaining in the fuel tanks of an aircraft following a flight.
- inner noun The 2nd circle on a target, between the bull (or bull's eye) and magpie.
- inner marker noun A type of marker beacon placed to indicate when an aircraft crosses the runway threshold of a Category II or Category III ILS or IGS…
- inner-platform effect noun An antipattern in which a system is made so customizable as to become a (poor) replica of the development platform used to create it.
- InnerSource noun The use of open source software development best practices and the establishment of an open source-like culture within organizations, for…
- inoculant noun An alloyant used to refine grains in a cast microstructure.
- inode noun A data structure representing an object such as a file or a directory in a Unix (or similar) file system.
- inorder adj Of a tree traversal, recursively visiting the root in between the left and right subtrees.
- input noun An input jack.
- input method noun A set of mnemonics for inputting a foreign script or exotic symbols not found on a physical keyboard.
- input method editor noun A program that facilitates the input of foreign scripts or exotic symbols on a computer or similar device.
- input-output section noun The part of the environment division of a COBOL program that specifies the symbolic names of external files accessed by the program
- insert noun A key to toggle between text insert mode and overwrite mode.
- insertion sort noun A sorting algorithm that performs its task by inserting new items into a pre-existing sorted data structure.
- inset noun A modular microphone that can be removed from a telephone handset without disassembly.
- inside loop noun An aerobatic maneuver in which a vertical circle is entered from straight and erect level flight, with a positive pitching movement used at…
- inside–outside–beginning noun A tagging scheme commonly employed in tasks such as named-entity recognition within computational linguistics.
- inspector noun A software tool used to examine something.
- install noun An installation: the process of installing a software application.
- installer noun A program that installs software in a computer and prepares it for use.
- installfest noun An event where experienced users assist others with installing an operating system on their computers.
- instance verb To render (an object) as part of a batch, using the same geometry data.
- instance variable noun A member variable that is associated with a class for which each object of the class has a separate copy.
- instant message noun A message conveyed through an instant messaging program.
- instant messaging noun A form of realtime communication where two or more people exchange text messages, usually short, using computers or other devices with…
- instant messenger noun A computer application which allows instant text communication between two or more people through a network or the Internet in its entirety.
- instant replay system noun A technology to review controversial or close calls by officials through video playback, allowing for analysis of plays from multiple…
- instantially adv Happening when instances arise, rather than being enqueued.
- instruction noun A single operation of a processor defined by an instruction set architecture.
- instruction cycle noun The steps that a central processing unit undertakes in order to process a single instruction, consisting of fetching, decoding, and…
- instruction set noun The set of machine instructions that a particular CPU can execute; the corresponding set of assembly language mnemonics.
- instruction time noun The total amount of time required for an instruction to be fetched from memory and stored in the instruction register.
- instrument noun Ellipsis of flight instrument.
- instrument approach noun An approach (pre-landing procedure) using flight instruments for some or all navigation to the landing airport and runway, as opposed to…
- instrument landing system noun A collection of radio navigation aids (always including a localizer and glideslope, and often one to three marker beacons as well) used by…
- instrumentation noun The dynamic analysis of a program's performance and behaviour, usually by injecting profiling code into it.
- insulation noun The act of separating a body from others by nonconductors, so as to prevent the transfer of electricity, heat, or sound
- intake valve noun A valve in the cylinder head of an internal combustion engine that controls the passage of fluid to be drawn into the cylinder.
- integrating resource noun A publication that is updated by means of changes that are incorporated into the whole without another discreet instance being created.
- integration noun The development of a system that brings together several subsystems so that they communicate and work together.
- integration testing noun the phase in software testing that occurs after unit testing and before validation testing, where individual software modules are combined…
- integration time noun Of an electronic system, the period of time in which a noisy signal is averaged so as to improve the signal-to-noise ratio.
- integrity noun With regards to data encryption, ensuring that information is not altered by unauthorized persons in a way that is not detectable by…
- intelligent adj Having an environment-sensing automatically-invoked built-in computer capability.
- intelligent system noun A computer system that uses techniques derived from artificial intelligence, particularly one in which such techniques are central to the…
- intelligent terminal noun A computer terminal capable of doing its own local processing, rather than merely sending input to and receiving output from some other…
- intensity noun Any of radiant intensity, luminous intensity or irradiance.
- intent filter noun A declaration within an application's manifest file that specifies the types of intents (messages) that a component is capable of handling.
- inter- prefix Internet: relating to the internet or computer networking.
- interaction design noun The structure and definition of the behavior of a system, the surrounding environment, corresponding artifacts, and the elements that…
- interactive adj Offering or involving interaction with the user.
- interaxis adj Pertaining to the perpendicularity (or deviation therefrom) of a set of resolver windings when another set of windings is excited.
- interceptor noun A device to trap, remove, or separate hazardous or undesirable matter (such as oil or sand) from normal waste conveyed through it…
- intercloud noun An interconnected set of clouds, in cloud computing.
- interconnect noun An interconnection.
- intercycle noun The interval during which the operation of a punched card device was halted to allow time for processing of card contents
- interdigit adj Between digits (as when dialling a number)
- interface noun The point of interconnection between systems or subsystems.