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 75 of 91: from “spacedive” to “square root decomposition”.
- spacedive noun A skydive that starts from orbit.
- spacedrive noun A non-Newtonian propulsion system (a drive that propels while violating the Newtonian law requiring an equal and opposite reaction to an…
- spacefiller noun A pattern that grows quadratically by filling space with still life.
- spaceflight participant noun A person who is not a trained in-space spaceworker (ie, professional astronaut), nor task-focused worker, but has travelled through outer…
- spaceship noun A manned vehicle that flies through space.
- spade noun A device for terminating an electrical conductor resembling a small spade.
- spaghetti noun Electrical insulating tubing or electrical wiring.
- spaghetti code noun Unstructured or poorly structured program source code.
- spaghetti sort noun A linear-time algorithm for sorting a sequence of items, analogous to standing a number of strands of spaghetti of different lengths…
- spallation noun Fragmentation due to stress or impact, or any pattern of surface damage created thereby.
- spam noun Unsolicited bulk electronic messages.
- spamblock noun Text inserted into an email address in order to make it invalid, though still readable to a human being. For example, in…
- spammer noun Someone who sends spam.
- span noun The time required to execute a parallel algorithm on an infinite number of processors, i.e. the shortest distance across a directed acyclic…
- spanner noun A hand tool shaped like a small crank handle, for winding the spring of a wheel lock on a musket.
- spar noun A beam-like structural member that supports ribs in an aircraft wing or other airfoil.
- spark noun A small collection of cells which briefly appears at the edge of a larger pattern before dying off.
- spark test verb To test for the general character of a steel, when testing a piece of steel, by grinding it, producing sparks, and using the color of the…
- Sparrow criterion noun A resolution limit used to determine the moment when two point sources of equal intensity can be considered resolved.
- sparse table noun A data structure that can answer range maximum or range minimum queries on an immutable list of values in constant time, and other range…
- spat noun A drag-reducing aerodynamic fairing covering the upper portions of the tyres of an aeroplane equipped with non-retractable landing gear.
- spawner noun A program which spawns objects or processes as needed
- speaking intj Indication that the person requested is the same as the one who is currently speaking.
- speccy noun A Sinclair ZX Spectrum computer.
- special case verb To treat something as a special case; to handle in an explicitly different way.
- special service requirement noun A request for special treatment for a passenger such as a special diet or mobility assistance, sent from an agent to an airline, to which a…
- spectral gating noun A signal processing technique used primarily for noise reduction and creative sound design; converting a signal into the frequency domain…
- spectrum noun A set of frequencies that are used for radio-frequency communication; not necessarily a continuous range.
- speculate verb To anticipate which branch of code will be chosen and execute it in advance.
- speculation noun The process of anticipating which branch of code will be chosen and executing it in advance.
- speech recognition noun The function of a front-end software system which processes input in the form of spoken language into a sequence of phonemes or characters…
- speed bag noun An improvised airdropped resupply pack, composed of food and water, ammunition, and other supplies, stuffed into a duffle bag or bodybag.
- speed dial verb To dial using speed dial.
- speed loader noun A pressed metal (or plastic) clip, holding a set number of cartridges for a firearm, and used for rapid reloading of the weapon or its…
- speed of light noun A rate of travel of a signal equal to one cell per generation, the fastest possible speed in the Moore and von Neumann neighborhoods.
- speedball noun An improvised adhoc airdrop resupply pack, composed of ammo, food and water, and other supplies, stuffed into a body bag or duffle bag.
- speedup noun The relationship between time taken and number of processors used.
- spelk noun Unusably short lengths of fibre-reinforced material, such as prepreg.
- speller noun A spell checker.
- spelt noun Spelter.
- spherize verb To cause to appear as if on the surface of a sphere.
- spherocylinder noun A lens of this form.
- spice noun An additional input parameter used as a secondary, non-secret key in the Hasty Pudding cipher.
- spike noun A small project that uses the simplest possible program to explore potential solutions.
- spim noun Unsolicited messages sent to cellular phones.
- spin verb To enter, or remain in, a spin (abnormal stalled flight mode).
- spin down verb To reduce its spinning speed from that required for reading and writing.
- spin magnetic moment noun The part of the magnetic moment of an object that originates from its spin, rather than its movement, in which the magnetic field is…
- spin up verb To reach a sufficient spinning speed for reads and writes to take place.
- spindle noun A plastic container for packaging optical discs such as CDs or DVDs, having a central column that passes through the central holes in the…
- spinlock noun A lock which causes a thread trying to acquire it simply to wait in a loop ("spin") while repeatedly checking if the lock is available.
- spinner noun An input control for entering a number, with accompanying arrowed buttons that increase or decrease the value.
- spinup noun The process of a disk drive spinning up.
- splash noun A splash screen.
- splash screen noun An initial screen displayed by an application, usually containing a logo, version information, and a copyright notice.
- splash-and-dash noun A ballooning maneuver whereby a Montgolfier balloon is lowered down to touch a body of water and lifts off again.
- splat verb To combine different textures by applying an alpha channel map to the higher levels, revealing the layers underneath where the map is…
- splatting noun A method for combining different textures by applying an alpha channel map to the higher levels, revealing the layers underneath where the…
- splay verb To rearrange (a splay tree) so that a desired element is placed at the root.
- splay tree noun A self-balancing binary search tree with the additional property that recently accessed elements are quick to access again.
- splice noun The electrical and mechanical connection between two pieces of wire or cable.
- spline verb To smooth (a curve or surface) by means of a spline.
- split horizon noun A method of preventing routing loops in distance-vector routing protocols by prohibiting a router from advertising a route back onto the…
- split key noun A key split at one end like a split pin, for the same purpose.
- split S noun An aerobatic maneuver in which an aircraft, starting from upright level flight, rolls inverted and then performs one-half of an inside…
- split-phase power noun A type of electrical power distribution system using two line wires connected to the ends of a distribution transformer and a grounded…
- split-ring noun Either of a pair of concentric metallic rings with slits on opposite sides, used in split-ring resonators.
- splitter noun A draggable vertical or horizontal bar used to adjust the relative sizes of two adjacent windows.
- spoil verb To reduce the lift generated by an airplane or wing by deflecting air upwards, usually with a spoiler.
- spoiler noun A device to reduce lift and increase drag.
- spoileron noun A spoiler panel which is extended on one wing of an aircraft in order to decrease the lift and increase the drag generated by said wing…
- sponge construction noun A repetitive construction of a hash function with a variable-length input and an arbitrary-length output based on a fixed-length…
- sponson noun A projection from the side of an aircraft, watercraft, or land vehicle.
- spoof noun A cyberattack involving deception via impersonated identities; a digital asset used in such an attack.
- spoofer noun A computer program that falsifies something.
- spoofing noun Falsifying one's identity or other identifying information (e.g. location) by technical means to deceive or gain access.
- spool noun One of the rotating assemblies of a gas turbine engine, composed of one or more turbine stages, a shaft, and one or more compressor or fan…
- spool up verb To increase in rotational speed, producing an increase in thrust.
- spooldown noun The process of reduction of the rotational speed of a turbine engine, causing a reduction in thrust.
- spooler noun A program or process that spools (places data in a queue to be accessed later).
- sporge verb To engage in sporgery; to post a flood of articles to a Usenet newsgroup, the article headers having been falsified so as to make the…
- sporter noun A firearm suitable for sporting use.
- spot verb To position (an aircraft) on the deck of an aircraft carrier ready for launch by catapult.
- spot beam noun A satellite signal that is specially concentrated in power (i.e. sent by a high-gain antenna) so that it will cover only a limited…
- spray verb To allocate blocks of memory from (a heap, etc.), and fill them with the same byte sequence, hoping to establish that sequence in a certain…
- spreader noun A member of a cracking group who distributes warez.
- spreadsheet noun A computer application for organization, analysis, and storage of data in tabular form.
- spring-loaded mode noun A type of mode in a user interface that is kept in place only through some constant action on the part of the user.
- sprint noun In Agile software development, a period of development of a fixed time that is preceded and followed by meetings.
- sprite noun A two-dimensional image or animation that is integrated into a larger scene.
- spriting noun The development of sprites (computer graphics), especially humanoid characters.
- sprocket noun A toothed wheel that enmeshes with a chain or other perforated band.
- sprue noun A channel through which molten metal is poured into the mold during the casting process.
- spryte noun Alternative spelling of sprite (small image representing an entity in a video game)
- spudger noun A hand tool used to work on punch-down blocks without short circuiting electric terminals. It has a hook on one end and a notched blade on…
- spur noun A spurious tone, one that interferes with a signal in a circuit and is often masked underneath that signal.
- sputnik noun The currency sign ¤.
- squad automatic weapon noun A kind of light machine gun; a machine gun issued to a squad of troops, being heavier than the standard assault rifles, personal machine…
- square noun A pattern to be matched that consists of a subpattern repeated, such as "papa" or "wikiwiki".
- square root decomposition noun A technique that can reduce the runtime of an algorithm by a factor of √ (where n is the size of the input) by dividing the input into √…