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Concepts Of Engineering And Technology

Subject : engineering
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1. The printing press - clocks - gunpowder - eyeglasses - and flush toilets.






2. A representation - generally in miniature - to show the construction or appearance of something; a simplified representation of a system or phenomenon - as in the sciences or economics - with any hypothesis required to describe the system or explain






3. To fuse or melt (ore) in order to separate the metal contained; to obtain or refine (metal) in this way.






4. Human factors engineering - an applied science that coordinates the design of devices - systems - and physical working conditions with the capacities and requirements of a worker.






5. Flourished during the industrial revolution






6. A new - useful process - machine - improvement - ect. - that did not exist previously and is recognized as the product as the product of some unique intuition of genius - as distinguished from ordinary mechanical skill or craftsmanship.






7. The exchange of one thing for another of more of less value - especially to affect a compromise






8. A new way of doing something; an improvement on an existing form - composition or processes.






9. The iron age






10. Increased as a power source during instrialization






11. Knowledge of principals and causes; especially - such knowledge when it relates to the physical world and its phenomena - the nature - constitution - and forces of matter - the qualities and functions of living tissues - etc.






12. Repeating - cyclical






13. Of or pertaining to a practical point of view or practical considerations.






14. It became a problem






15. Originally - the art of managing machines; in its modern and extended sense - the art and science by which the mechanical properties of matter are made useful to man in structures and machines; ABET: 'The profession in which knowledge of the mathemat






16. The fundamental facilities and systems serving a country - city - or area - as transportation and communication systems - power plants - and schools.






17. The behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particular social - ethnic - or age group






18. An assemblage or combination of things or parts forming a complex or unitary whole






19. An object produced or shaped by human craft.






20. Led to an increase in the ownership of private property.






21. Became a widespread way of developing resources






22. The domestication of plants and animals.






23. Something considered by an authority or by general consent as a basis of comparison; those morals - ethnics - habits - ect. - established by an authority - custom - or an individual as an acceptable.






24. A system of moral principals






25. A substance composed of two or more metals - or of a metal or metals with a nonmetal - intimately mixed - as by fusion or Electro- deposition.






26. Financial Considerations; the science that deals with the production - distribution - and consumption of goods and services - or the material welfare of human kind.






27. Major technological developments






28. Allowed the substitution of animal power for human power.






29. A highly structured system of human organization for large- scale community living that normally furnishes protection - continuity - security - and a national identity for its members






30. The wealth - whether in money or property - owned or employed in business by an individual - firm - corporation - etc






31. The practical application of science to commerce or industry. Generally takes the form of an artifact.






32. A person who organizes and manages any enterprise - especially a business - usually with considerable initiative and risk






33. Arguably the most important engineering achievement.






34. The branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures






35. Important technology






36. A standard of judgment or criticism; a rule or principal for evaluating or testing something






37. Limitation or restriction.