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 85 of 91: from “two-stroke” to “unemulated”.
- two-stroke adj Of or relating to a design of internal combustion engine, the working cycle of which is completed during two strokes of the piston.
- two-throw adj Capable of being thrown or cranked in two directions, usually opposite to one another.
- two-way switch noun A plain type of light switch that can control lights, or other electrical loads, from a single location; a single-throw switch.
- txt noun a .txt file
- tympanum noun A drum-shaped wheel with spirally curved partitions by which water is raised to the axis when the wheel revolves with the lower part of the…
- type noun A tag attached to variables and values used in determining which kinds of value can be used in which situations.
- type class noun A type system construct that supports ad hoc polymorphism (independent of the type hierarchy), first pioneered in Haskell.
- type erasure noun A compile-time process by which explicit data type annotations are removed from a program, before run-time execution.
- type hinting noun The specification of data types in an otherwise untyped language, to indicate variables having a particular type.
- type juggling noun In the PHP programming language, the automatic treatment of variables as a certain data type depending on the context in which they are…
- type punning noun The circumvention of the system of data types in a programming language in order to achieve an effect that would be difficult or impossible…
- type system noun A way programming language classifies values and expressions into types (data types), how it can manipulate those types, and how they…
- type-safe adj Not susceptible to the class of programming errors that could lead to items of one data type being incorrectly treated as another type.
- typeahead noun A feature of computer software (and some typewriters) that enables the user to continue typing regardless of program or computer operation…
- typecast noun The modification of the data type of a variable or object.
- typechecker noun A system or algorithm that verifies values against their required data types, according to the type system of the language.
- typed adj Having a specific data type.
- typedef noun A statement that declares a name for a data type.
- typeless adj untyped
- typescript noun A file containing a replay of commands typed into a terminal, which can then be automatically typed by a program later on.
- typing noun The assignment of data types for variables.
- U-tube noun A tube in the shape of a capital U, in certain applications having a semipermeable membrane in the middle.
- uglify verb Synonym of minify.
- ullage motor noun A small, auxiliary rocket engine or motor onboard a spacecraft that provides enough acceleration to settle propellant in a tank.
- ulp noun The value that the least significant digit of a floating-point number represents, used as a measure of accuracy in numeric calculations.
- ultra large scale integration noun An integration type for digital circuits that contain more than one million transistors providing hundreds of thousands of logic gates per…
- ultra low cost carrier noun A type of airline that tries to keep ticket prices as low as possible, by charging for everything, such as checked-in baggage, carry-on…
- ultrapeer noun In a peer-to-peer network, a peer capable of routing requests and responses from others rather than always adopting a direct client-server…
- ultraportable noun A subnotebook.
- ultrashort adj Very short.
- umbilical noun A cord connecting an astronaut to a spacecraft, or a craft to ground control prior to launch, etc.
- umbilical cord noun The line that supplies an astronaut with oxygen and communications when outside a spacecraft.
- umbilicus noun A tube connecting an astronaut or spacecraft to the mothership, through which supplies and samples can be transferred.
- unable intj Indicating that a requested course of action is not possible to carry out.
- unacked adj Not having been sent an ACK message (acknowledgement of a packet or a message received from a network).
- unadvertisement noun The withdrawal of an earlier notification.
- unanchor verb To release from a fixed position and allow to be moved.
- unarchive verb To extract from a digital archive.
- unary adj Of an operation, function, procedure, or logic gate, taking exactly one operand, argument, parameter, or input; having domain of dimension…
- unassemble verb To disassemble.
- unassigned adj Without a value assigned to it.
- unassociate verb To remove an association (of e.g. a computer with a network, or a file type with an application program); to disassociate.
- unauthenticate verb To withdraw the authentication of.
- unauthorize verb To withdraw authorization or permissions from.
- unauthorized term noun A term discouraged by a controlled vocabulary in favor of its authorized synonym, such as pitch in favor of frequency.
- unbalanced adj of an expression having different numbers of left and right parentheses
- unberth verb To remove a spaceship from a dock/berth/mount/mooring with the assistance of a device that moves the spaceship away from its fixed location.
- unbind verb To disable some kind of connection in software, such as a key binding.
- unbless verb To convert (a previously blessed object) back to a simple reference.
- unblind verb To convert (a blind signature) back to the unblinded state (as opposed to the blinded state).
- unbooted adj Not having been booted.
- unbox verb To retrieve (a value of a primitive type) from the object in which it is boxed.
- unbrick verb To repair a device that was bricked (rendered inoperative).
- unbuffered adj That operates without a hardware or software buffer.
- uncached adj Not cached.
- uncanny valley noun A range of appearances, mannerisms, or behaviors of a humanoid figure that are subtly different from a human and thereby cause feelings of…
- uncastable adj That cannot be cast (converted to other data types).
- uncheck verb To remove a checkmark.
- unchecked adj Of a check box: not checked (ticked or enabled).
- unchecked exception noun An exception that is not declared in the signature of a method, but results in an abort with a stack trace.
- unclick verb To unselect (an item) by clicking.
- unclocked adj Not measured or regulated by a clock; asynchronous.
- uncode verb To remove the code or coding from.
- uncomment verb To convert (text that has been commented out) back into source code so that it will no longer be ignored by the compiler or interpreter.
- uncommit verb To undo a change that had been applied.
- uncommitted adj Not yet written to disk and logged.
- unconcatenate verb To undo the process of concatenation.
- uncontrolled adj Lacking the usual traffic control devices, such as traffic lights, pedestrian signals, pavement markings, traffic signs, or a crossing…
- uncook verb To repair (an MP3 audio file) that has been damaged ("cooked") by being converted through a text format and having line breaks applied to…
- uncurried adj Not curried.
- undecidable adj Incapable of being algorithmically decided in finite time. For example, a set of strings is undecidable if it is impossible to program a…
- undeclare verb To revoke the declaration of (a variable, namespace, etc.) so that it is no longer available.
- undefine verb To remove the definition of; to return to an undefined state.
- undefined noun An undefined value.
- undeletable adj That cannot be deleted; indelible.
- undercharge verb To put too small a charge into.
- undercross noun A passage or underpass where a roadway, railway, or infrastructure crosses under another.
- undercutter noun A type of bit.
- underdraught noun The situation where part of a formed or cast shape has a reverse taper or inward‑leaning surface that makes it difficult to remove from the…
- underfilter noun A morphological filter (idempotent operator) whose image is a subset of the domain.
- underfire verb To fire at a low (or excessively low) temperature.
- underfired adj Fired at a low (or excessively low) temperature.
- underfiring noun The state of being insufficiently fired or underfired.
- underflow verb To trigger the condition in which the value of a computed quantity is smaller than the smallest non-zero value that can be physically…
- underhammer noun A firing mechanism where the hammer is mounted under the frame, behind the barrels, and forward of the trigger.
- underhead adj Beneath the head of a mechanical component.
- underlug noun One of the locking lugs on a break-action firearm that extend from the bottom of the barrels under the chamber(s) and connect into the…
- underpull noun A driver for pumping that has the eccentrics under the gear wheel.
- underreplacement noun The replacement of equipment, supplies, or staffing at a level less than what makes up for baseline attrition, either appropriately (e.g.…
- underrun noun A condition in which the read/write buffer is fed with data at a slower rate than required; a buffer underrun.
- undershift verb To undershoot when changing gears.
- underslip noun An underlying layer of slip.
- undersubscribe verb To have insufficient threads available in a multithreaded application so that all threads become blocked and performance suffers.
- undersubscription noun The employment of more ports or bandwidth than necessary to ensure that network communication does not face delays.
- undistributed adj Not employing the technique of distributed computing.
- undo noun An operation that reverses a previous action.
- undoably adv Such that it can be undone; reversibly.
- undock verb To depart a spaceship from a dock/berth/mount/mooring under its own power
- undrop verb To undelete.
- unemulated adj That is not emulated or is omitted from an emulation.