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 70 of 91: from “screenshotter” to “semirigid”.
- screenshotter noun A computer program that takes screenshots.
- screw theory noun The algebraic calculation of pairs of vectors, such as linear and angular velocity, that arise in the kinematics of rigid bodies.
- screw thread noun A helical ridge formed around a cylinder, or a helical groove formed around the inner wall of a bore, used mostly on fasteners and their…
- scribing block noun A device for scribing (marking) lines at a specific height from the base of an object, prior to machining.
- script noun A brief and simple program.
- script editor noun A software program or feature for editing source code.
- script monkey noun A hacker who has no talent other than for using other people's scripts.
- script out verb To simplify or automate a process using scripts (a file containing a list of user commands, allowing them to be invoked once to execute in…
- scriptable adj That can be extended or automated through scripting.
- scripter noun A programmer who uses a scripting language.
- scroll verb To change one's view of data on a computer's display by moving in gradual increments, typically using an input device or touch screen.
- scroll bar noun A graphical widget in the form of a horizontal or vertical bar, on the edges of a personal computer screen, that is used to move scrollable…
- Scroll Lock noun A key on a standard extended keyboard, originally causing the arrow keys to scroll a window rather than moving a cursor, now sometimes used…
- scroll wheel noun A hard plastic or rubbery disc on a computer mouse, used for scrolling.
- scroller noun Synonym of scrolly (“scrolling message”).
- scrolling noun The continuous movement of text or images on a display screen in either a horizontal or vertical direction.
- scrolly noun A scrolling message, especially one used in a demo to convey news, commentary, greetings, etc.
- scrub verb To eliminate or to correct data from a set of records to bring it inline with other similar datasets
- scrubber noun A horizontal bar allowing the user to set the playback position.
- scrum noun In agile software development (specifically Scrum or related methodologies), a daily meeting in which each developer describes what they…
- Scrum master noun In the Scrum framework, a facilitator of a developer team, who is accountable for removing impediments to the ability of the team to…
- scrummage noun Synonym of scrum (“daily meeting”)
- scud run verb To fly below the bases of low clouds and close to the ground in an attempt to maintain external visual reference in weather ordinarily…
- sculpt noun A modification that can be applied to an object, like a texture, but changes the object's shape rather than its appearance.
- SDSL noun symmetric digital subscriber line
- seacoal noun Coal to be used at sea: a certain class of mineral coal, especially suitable for the steam engines of ships at sea and locomotives.
- sealed beam noun A type of electric lamp for producing a beam of light in which the filament is sealed inside a unit consisting of the reflector and lens so…
- seam carving noun A technique for resizing images so as to preserve the main contents by selectively removing less important regions, as defined by "seams"…
- search engine noun An application that searches for, and retrieves, data based on some criteria, especially one that searches the Internet for documents…
- search space noun The set of all possible points of an optimization problem that satisfy the problem's targets or goals.
- searchability noun The state of being searchable.
- Sears-Haack body noun The shape with the lowest theoretical wave drag in supersonic flow, for a given body length and a given volume.
- seat noun An ejection seat.
- seating noun Collectively, the various fitted supports of the parts of a structure or of a machine; a housing in which a component is seated.
- second normal form noun A stage in the normalization of a relational database in which it is in first normal form and every non-key attribute is dependent upon the…
- second preimage attack noun An attack on a cryptographic hash function that is able to find a second preimage for a hash and its preimage; that is, given a hash and an…
- second source noun A company that is licensed to manufacture and sell electronic components originally designed by another company (the first source).
- second-class continuation noun A type of continuation whose use is limited or restricted and that cannot be stored, passed around, etc. as freely as other types of value.
- second-class object noun An entity of which the value can be passed as a parameter, but that can neither be returned from a function, nor be assigned to a variable.…
- second-level domain noun A domain that is immediately subordinate to a top-level domain (whose name appears after it, with a period separating the two).
- secondary noun A radar return generated by the response of an aircraft's transponder to an interrogation signal broadcast by a radar installation…
- secret sharing noun Any method for distributing a secret amongst a group of participants, each of whom is allocated a share; the secret can be reconstructed…
- section noun A cross-section perpendicular the longitudinal axis of an aircraft in flight.
- sectional noun A sectional chart, a type of map used for navigation in the air.
- sector noun In the schedule for an aircraft and its crew, the period starting with preparation of the plane before loading at one airport and ending…
- securable noun A resource that can be secured.
- security distance noun The distance from an operating point to the boundary of the security region.
- security system noun A similar software system that prevents unauthorised access.
- seed noun The initialization state of a pseudorandom number generator or similar system.
- seed number noun Synonym of seed (“generation”); a pseudorandom number generator or a code that generates a game's world or environment.
- seeder noun A process that seeds a random number generator.
- seek noun The operation of navigating through a stream.
- seek time noun The measurement of time required for the head assembly on the actuator arm of a hard drive to travel to the track of the disk where the…
- seekable adj Through which one can seek back and forth; not purely sequential.
- segfault noun A segmentation fault.
- segment noun An Ethernet bus.
- segment gear noun A piece for receiving or communicating reciprocating motion from or to a cogwheel, consisting of a sector of a circular gear, or ring…
- segment tree noun A data structure that is used to store information about intervals (segments) and perform range queries, or queries on a set of intervals…
- segmentation fault noun A software error that occurs when a program attempts to access a memory location that it is not permitted to access.
- seismic damper noun A mechanical device to dissipate the kinetic energy of seismic waves penetrating a building structure.
- SELCAL noun A system for alerting a specific aircraft that a radio station on the ground wishes to communicate with them, via transmitting an…
- select verb To obtain a set of data from a database using a query.
- selectable noun An item that can be selected by the user.
- selection noun A set of data obtained from a database using a query.
- selection sort noun A sorting algorithm that divides the input list into two sublists — items already sorted, and items not yet sorted — and gradually…
- selector noun A matching expression in a stylesheet determining which elements in the markup are affected by a style.
- self-balancing adj Of a data structure: able to maintain a small height (number of levels) regardless of insertions and deletions.
- self-clamp adj Of a clamp or other mechanism, that tightens or secures itself automatically, often without needing separate adjustment.
- self-delete verb Of code, to overwrite itself upon completion, usually with 0x00 or 0xFF bytes that represent an unwritten region.
- self-deletion noun The act of self-deleting.
- self-documenting adj Written and structured in such a way that it can be understood without consulting separate documentation.
- self-elevation noun elevation of one's own user privilege level (usually to run software that requires a higher privilege level)
- self-executing adj Consisting of a complete executable package that takes some action with the included data, rather than a pure data file requiring some…
- self-hardening adj Designating, or pertaining to, any of various steels that harden when heated to above a red heat and cooled in air, usually in a blast of…
- self-hosting adj Of software: capable of generating new versions of itself.
- self-interpreter noun A metacircular interpreter where the host programming language is also the language being interpreted.
- self-locking adj That remains safely in place after being moved or positioned, even in the absence of continued applied force.
- self-segment verb To cause a thing to acquire appropriate size by a planned process.
- self-signed adj Of a security certificate: signed by the same entity whose identity it certifies; signed with its own private key.
- selfie noun A photographic self-portrait, especially one taken manually (not using a timer, tripod etc.) with a small camera or mobile phone.
- selfie camera noun A camera on the same side or surface of a smartphone as the main display, used for taking selfies and making video calls.
- selfie stick noun An extendable monopod arm onto which a smartphone or camera can be mounted in order to take wide-angle photographs of oneself.
- selsyn noun A synchro whose currents are used directly to drive a receiver synchro that rotates in unison with the synchro transmitter.
- semantic adj Reflecting intended structure and meaning.
- semantic analysis noun The phase in which a compiler adds semantic information to the parse tree and builds the symbol table.
- semantic versioning noun A versioning scheme where each release is given a three-part version number of the form major.minor.patch. The major number is incremented…
- semantic-oriented programming noun A software paradigm where code is defined, parsed, and executed based on its underlying meaning or intent rather than rigid syntax.
- semantics noun The meaning of computer language constructs, in contrast to their form or syntax.
- semaphore noun A bit, token, fragment of code, or some other mechanism which is used to restrict access to a shared function or device to a single process…
- semi-automatic noun A semi-automatic firearm, especially such a pistol.
- semi-decidable adj Of a set, such that there is a deterministic algorithm such that (a) if an element is a member of the set, the algorithm halts with the…
- semi-infinite adj Sufficiently thick that the level of penetration of a projectile is not affected by its thickness.
- semi-naive adj Predominantly naive but including modifications that improve efficiency.
- semi-trailing adj Having a movement that pivots on an access which is at an angle between longitudinal and transverse.
- semiclairvoyant adj Relating to a form of parallel processing algorithm given approximate advance information about the problem, but not fully clairvoyant.
- semicomputable adj partially computable
- semicoroutine noun A type of coroutine with limited control over its execution flow that can yield values multiple times, suspending its execution and…
- semigraphical adj Of or relating to semigraphics.
- semiorthogonal adj Having the property that every subcategory is in the set of orthogonal subcategories of every higher order subcategory.
- semirigid noun An airship or dirigible which maintains its shape using a combination of internal pressure and a rigid structural framework.