This page gathers the 47 dictionary entries belonging to the domain “Technical”, as labelled by Wiktionary. Each word leads to its full entry: definitions, etymology, pronunciation, examples.
- anthropize verb To imbue with anthropic qualities; to make human; to anthropomorphize.
- bittiness noun The inclusion of material in paint or varnish films which disturbs the smooth uniformity of the coating.
- bottoming noun The contouring of the wooden seat of a chair.
- broken arrow noun A callout marker that consists of a dashed line with an arrowhead.
- camout noun An instance in which a screwdriver slips out of the head of a screw due to excessive torque being applied; an instance of camming out.
- circumposition noun The act of positioning something around something else; or the state of being so positioned
- come along noun A type of hand-operated winch used, for example, to tighten straps, chains, or ropes.
- croupon noun A cowhide with the belly and neck removed.
- cultural adj Due to human activity.
- dike verb To cut or remove using dikes.
- dike out verb To remove a component by using a pair of diagonal cutters ("dikes"). By analogy, to remove any part from a larger whole.
- elective adj Scheduled and nonemergent (regardless of whether necessary or unnecessary and whether minor or serious).
- fag noun In textile inspections, a rough or coarse defect in the woven fabric.
- flake verb To store an item such as rope or sail in layers
- flat noun A rectangular wooden structure covered with masonite, lauan, or muslin, often produced in standard modules, that is used to build wall…
- foul adj (with "of") Positioned on, in, or near enough to (a specified area) so as to obstruct it.
- gall verb To cause pitting on a surface being cut from the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the bond of the material at a point.
- greyline noun A transition line, coinciding with a twilight zone (terminator), where a change in the propagation of radio waves is observed.
- hairiness noun A characteristic of yarn: the proportion of fibre ends that stick out and are not embedded in the yarn body.
- helium descrambler noun An electronic device that lowers the pitch of speech, to compensate for the high-pitched speech of someone breathing in a helium atmosphere…
- hypothenar noun The ulnar fleshy side of the palm, formed by the underlying three muscles of the little finger; the hypothenar eminence.
- incendiary adj Of a damaging fire, intentionally caused rather than accidental.
- internode noun Whatever lies between two nodes.
- intraposition noun The act of putting something in something else; insertion.
- lagometer noun A device that measures any other sort of lag.
- language verb To communicate by language; to express in language.
- low-slope roof noun According to ASTM standard E 1918-97, a roof whose uppermost part is installed at a slope of 2/12 or 1:6 (9.5 degrees) or less.
- microgenesis noun The development, in discrete but generally imperceptible (seemingly continuous) increments, by the human body or brain, of thoughts…
- minimal adj Among elements of some collection, such that no other element is greater (with respect to some given partial order).
- modulo prep Except for differences accounted for by.
- monograph noun A nonserial (nonperiodical) publication: a one-time publication.
- nervy adj Jittery; having unwanted signal characteristics.
- node noun A hole in the gnomon of a sundial, through which passes the ray of light which marks the hour of the day, the parallels of the Sun's…
- noisy adj Accompanied by or introducing random fluctuations that obscure the real signal or data
- noncompliant adj Not complying with certain rules or regulations.
- orling noun A tooth of a comb.
- prime adj Such that if it divides a product, it divides one of the multiplicands.
- 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.
- simple adj Consisting of one single substance; uncompounded.
- soap film noun Any thin layer of liquid (usually water-based) surrounded by air, such as that formed when two soap bubbles come into contact; networks of…
- steep-slope roof noun According to ASTM standard E 1918-97, a roof whose uppermost part is installed at a slope of 2:12 (9.5 degrees) or more.
- swash noun The water that washes up on shore after an incoming wave has broken.
- trap noun A (usually fictional) location or feature originally added to a map to detect plagiarism and copyright violations by other map makers or…
- tremulate verb To tremble, quiver
- ultrashort adj Very short.
- unseat verb To come off or out of a seat.
- water meadow noun An area of grassland subject to controlled irrigation or flooding in order to increase agricultural productivity.