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 67 of 91: from “resolution advisory” to “rockaire”.
- resolution advisory noun A TCAS warning directing the pilot of an aircraft to take immediate evasive action of a specified type (for instance: "INCREASE CLIMB…
- resolve verb To render visible or distinguishable the parts of something.
- resonance noun The condition where the inductive and capacitive reactances have equal magnitude.
- resonant adj Adjusted as to dimensions so that currents or electric surgings are produced by the passage of electric waves of a given frequency.
- resource noun Hardware or software that is accessible by a computer, network, or another object connected to a computer.
- response time noun The time taken for the display of an instrument to move to a new value following a step change.
- responsive adj Automatically resizing and repositioning elements to fit the available space.
- responsor noun A receiver used in conjunction with an interrogator to receive and interpret signals from a transponder.
- respool verb To place (data) back on a queue for later transmission.
- respring verb To restart (usually by crashing) SpringBoard on (a mobile device running iOS) without rebooting the device.
- rest parameter noun A final parameter to a function, allowing it to accept an indefinite number of arguments as an array.
- restart verb Synonym of reboot.
- restful adj Alternative form of RESTful.
- restore noun The act of recovering data or a system from a backup.
- restrictive programming noun A software development model that imposes strict rules, constraints, or limitations on the manner in which code is written, which libraries…
- restripe verb To change the manner in which data is laid out across multiple disks.
- resume-driven development noun Software development that uses trendy technologies and tools which are not optimal for the task at hand, motivated by the developers'…
- retagger noun A program or algorithm that updates or changes tags.
- retained mode noun A mode in which the application updates a set of graphical objects which are stored and displayed by the graphics library, contrasting with…
- retainer noun A retaining valve.
- retaining valve noun A device that retains some air pressure in a train's air brake cylinders even when the automatic brake valve is set to the fully-released…
- retardation noun A decrease in the speed of telegraph signalling.
- retarder noun A device for slowing down large trucks, lorries, buses, shunted railway wagons.
- retarget verb To adapt so as to run on a different platform.
- retection noun Detection through a concealing layer. (Note: this use is somewhat specific to electrical engineering and related fields investigating the…
- rethrow noun The act of throwing an exception again.
- Retr0bright noun A chemical mixture, mainly hydrogen peroxide, used to remove yellowing from ABS plastic computer and electronics cases.
- retrieval noun The operation of accessing data, either from memory or from a storage device.
- retrig verb To retrigger (a note, or a sample within it).
- retrofit verb Synonym of backport (“to retroactively supply a fix or feature to a previous version of a software product at the same time or after…
- retropropulsion noun Backward propulsion, especially the use of rockets to brake or change direction.
- return noun A carriage return character.
- return-oriented programming noun A computer security exploit technique by which the attacker gains control of the call stack to hijack program control flow and then…
- reusable adj (of a program) Able to be executed by several tasks without being reloaded; either reentrant or serially reusable
- reverberate verb To heat (something) by deflecting flames on to, or passing flames over, it.
- reverse verb To engage reverse thrust on (an engine).
- reverse configure verb To determine an item's characteristics solely based on an identifier such as material number, catalog code, or part number.
- reverse engineering noun Such analysis of an executable or other system in order to recreate its workings.
- reverse gear noun A gear (setting) in a vehicle's transmission which, when selected, makes the vehicle move backward. (Denoted with symbol R on a shifter's…
- reverse integration noun The process of merging different team branches into the main trunk of a versioning system.
- reverse line feed noun The character (0x0a in ASCII) which reverses the paper by one line in a teletype or printer, or moves the cursor to the previous line on a…
- reverse link noun In radio communications, the link from a mobile user to a fixed base station. If the link includes a communications relay satellite, the…
- reverse shell noun An interactive command shell initiated from a remote computer.
- reverser noun A thrust reverser.
- reversion noun The act or process of reverting a database to a prior state.
- revert noun The act of reversion (of e.g. a database transaction or source control repository) to an earlier state.
- revolver noun A handgun with a revolving chamber enabling several shots to be fired without reloading.
- rewrite noun The replacement of subterms of a formula with other terms, according to certain rules, by way of transformation.
- rewriter noun Part of a compiler that makes a second pass to fix the generated object code by implementing postconditions, patching in calls or pointers…
- rewriting noun Any of wide range of potentially non-deterministic methods of replacing subterms of a formula with other terms.
- rheostat noun An electrical resistor with two terminals, the resistance of which can be varied continuously by moving a knob or slider to regulate the…
- rhubarb verb Of fighter aircraft: to fire at a target opportunistically.
- rib noun Any of several transverse pieces that provide an aircraft wing with shape and strength.
- ribauldequin noun Synonym of organ gun.
- ribbon noun A toolbar that incorporates tabs and menus.
- rice verb To customize the user interface of a computer system, e.g. a desktop environment. (derived from rice out)
- rich adj Elaborate, having complex formatting, multimedia, or depth of interaction.
- rich Internet application noun A Web application that has many of the characteristics of desktop application software, like domain logic.
- rich text noun Text that has been enhanced with formatting, multimedia, etc., such as Microsoft's Rich Text Format or the enriched text format used in…
- richlet noun A small Java program that creates all the necessary components for a given page in response to a user's request.
- rifle noun A firearm fired from the shoulder; improved range and accuracy is provided by a long, rifled barrel.
- rifled adj Having a spiral on the interior of a gun bore to make a fired bullet spin in flight to improve range and accuracy.
- rifled slug noun A shotgun cartridge having only a single projectile, with oblique grooves on the projectile causing it to spin and thus increasing accuracy.
- rig noun A personal computer, typically one modified for looks.
- right inverse noun For a given morphism f : X → Y, its right inverse (if it has one) is a morphism s : Y → X such that f∘s= mbox id_Y.
- right of repentance noun The right of a passenger, in some jurisdictions, to obtain a full refund on an airline ticket within a specific period of time.
- right outer join noun A join yielding a set of records for two tables, where all rows of the "right" table are enlisted with all rows of the "left" table, even…
- right shift noun A bit shift to the right, in which all of the bits of an operand are shifted by a given number of positions to the right.
- right-click verb To press the right-hand button on a computer mouse.
- rigid noun An airship whose shape is maintained solely by an internal and/or external rigid structural framework, without using internal gas pressure…
- ring noun A hierarchical level of privilege in a computer system, usually at hardware level, used to protect data and functionality (also protection…
- ring modulation noun A signal processing function in which two signals (typically a complex signal and a less complex carrier such as a sine wave) are combined…
- ring off verb To disconnect at the end of a phone call.
- ring out verb To make a phone call from an internal phone system to a general telephone network number.
- ring time noun The duration of time from the moment that the respondent's telephone begins ringing until the moment it is answered.
- ring topology noun A network topology in which, in the physical case, every node of a network is connected to exactly two other nodes: one node designated as…
- ringback noun The sound transmitted back to a caller to indicate that the telephone they are calling is ringing.
- ringdown noun A signal to a telephone operator that both rings a bell and allows a relay to drop.
- ringoid noun A small preadditive category (so named because a ring can be viewed as a preadditive category with a single object).
- rip verb To copy data from a CD, DVD, Internet stream, etc., to a hard drive, portable device, etc.
- rip box noun A high end computer used for "ripping" (decoding) DVDs and converting them into various formats, using ripping and encoding software.
- riplock noun A deliberate slowdown in the transfer rate when reading data from a DVD, so as to reduce the amount of noise from the drive.
- ripper noun Software that extracts content from files or storage media.
- ripple noun A small oscillation of an otherwise steady signal.
- ripple carry noun The situation where a logic circuit uses multiple full adders to add n-bit numbers, with each full adder taking the output of the previous…
- rise time noun Of a voltage or current step function, the amount of time taken by a signal to change from a specified low value to a specified high value.
- riser noun A reservoir built into a metal casting mold to prevent the formation of cavities in the casting as the metal shrinks on cooling.
- risk noun The potential negative effect of an event, determined by multiplying the likelihood of the event occurring with its magnitude should it…
- riveter noun A person whose job is to rivet.
- road concurrency noun Synonym of concurrency (“a stretch of road that is shared between two or more numbered or named routes”).
- road map noun A structured representation of objects to display a development plan, used in business for strategic planning and communications.
- roam verb To use a network or service from different locations or devices.
- roamable adj Supporting roaming (the use of a network or service from different locations or devices).
- roaming noun The ability to use a cell phone outside of its original registering zone.
- roast verb To dissipate the volatile parts of by heat, as ores.
- robibyte noun Strictly, 2⁹⁰ (1024⁹, 1,237,940,039,285,380,274,899,124,224) bytes or 2¹⁰ (1024) yobibytes, as opposed to a ronnabyte.
- Robin Hood hashing noun A scheme for resolving hash collisions that favors the displacement of the element that is farthest from its home location.
- robot noun A bot, software designed to perform a task.
- robust adj Resistant or impervious to failure regardless of user input or unexpected conditions.
- rockaire noun An aeroplane-launched sounding rocket