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Principles Of Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. The contact of a relay that is open when the coil is de- energized






2. A support that only prevents a beam from translating in one direction.






3. Not having fixed limits; unrestricted; broad






4. A force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion.






5. A sliding piece moved by or moving against fluid pressure which usually consists of a short cylindrical body fitting within a cylindrical chamber or vessel along which it moves back and forth.






6. The absolute pressure of a confined gas is proportional to its temperature - provided its volume stays constant

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7. If one object exerts a force on another object - then the second object exerts a force of equal streangth in the opposite direction on the first object.

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8. A conductor wrapped around an iron core. The two ends of the conductor are attached to a power source. When current passes through the conductor - the iron core becomes magnetized.






9. A result of a force moving an object a certain distance






10. The use of gas flowing under pressure to transmit power from one location to another.






11. A substance that tapers to a thin edge and is used for splitting - raising heavy bodies - or for tightening by being driven into something.






12. The condition or quality of being true - correct - or exact; precision; exactness.






13. SPC is a method of monitoring - controlling - and ideally improving a process through statistical analysis. Its four basic steps include measuring the process - eliminating variances in the process to make it consistent - monitoring the process - and






14. The absolute value of a number






15. A system of discrete states: high or low - on or off - 1 or 0.






16. A vector quantity that includes the speed and direction of an object.






17. The total length of path over which the particle travels.






18. The unit of potential difference symbolized as V






19. A tool for systematically ranking alternatives according to a set of criteria






20. A part of the physical world as described by its thermodynamic properties such as temperature - volume - pressure - concentration - surface tension - and viscosity.






21. A type of 3D CAD modeling that represents the volume of an object - not just its lines and surfaces






22. Of or relating to the manufacture of any product (as earthenware - porcelain - or brick) made essentially from a nonmetallic mineral (as clay) by firing at a high temperature






23. A support that prevents translation and rotation in a beam.






24. The recognized accreditor for college and university programs in applied science - computing - engineering - and technology.






25. A body subjected to a push.






26. A device that holds the compressed air in a pneumatic system.






27. Point at which the deformation is no longer directly proportional to the applied force. Hooke's Law no longer applies






28. The use of a fluid (liquid or gas) to transmit power from one location to another.






29. Values that possess names or labels






30. A part of a design brief that challenges the designer - describes what a design solution should do without describing how to solve the problem -






31. Frequency distibution graph






32. Amount of difference between a value and the mean.






33. A law that states that the internal energy in a system remains constant and the change in thermal energy of a system is equal to the work done on the system.






34. The change of motion of the body is proportional to the net force imposed on the body and is in the direction of the net force.

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35. A system that links electricity produced in power stations to deliver it to where it is needed






36. A form of energy that travels through space as waves.






37. The square root of the variance.






38. The force per unit area exerted by a fluid against a surface






39. The process in which an electric current is used to produce a chemical reaction - such as the decomposition of water






40. Two different sized circular objects that are attached together and turn as one.






41. A mechanical property of a material that shows how effective the material is absorbing mechanical energy without sustaining any permanent damage






42. A part of a design brief that clearly and concisely identifies a client's or target consumer's problem - need - or want.






43. The collection and analysis of numerical data in large quantities






44. Absolute temperature scale






45. The place at which independent and often unrelated systems meet and act on or communicate with each other.






46. A broad ridge or pair of ridges projecting at a right angle from the edge of a structural shape in order to strengthen or stiffen it.






47. A control circuit in which the system output has no effect on the control






48. The process of creating an object by adding small pieces or layers together to make a final product






49. The condition of a string - wire - or rod that is stretched between two points






50. Produced by the combining of parts or elements to form a whole - rather than of natural origin; not real - artificial