This glossary will contain words related to engineering. There will also be part of speech, pronunciation, definition, translation in French, an example in a sentence and an image with each word
Blueprint
noun
a design plan or other technical drawing.
Example: Mao personally drew up an eight-point Lysenkoist BLUEPRINT for all Chinese agriculture
fr: Plan
Concept
noun
an abstract idea; a general notion.
Example: Another CONCEPT used by Swinford and Smith.
fr: Concept
Design
noun
plan or drawing produced to show the look and function or workings of a building, garment, or other object before it is built or made.
Example: Specification of tourist facility development and DESIGN standards, such as architectural styles.
fr: Conception
Dimension
noun
a measurable extent of some kind, such as length, breadth, depth, or height.
Example: interaction between people as they add value and DIMENSION to the package.
fr: Dimension
Electronics
noun
the branch of physics and technology concerned with the design of circuits using transistors and microchips, and with the behavior and movement of electrons in a semiconductor, conductor, vacuum, or gas
Example: the navigation bar to change product type (books, ELECTRONICS, videos etc)
fr: Électronique
Engine
noun
a machine with moving parts that converts power into motion.
Example: The Minotaur was used as an ' ENGINE of vengeance
fr: Moteur
Excavation
noun
the action of excavating something, especially an archaeological site.
Example: Many boats have been found in the recent EXCAVATION of the banks of the Severn Estuary.
fr: Les fouilles
Fabrication
noun
the action or process of manufacturing or inventing something.
fr: Fabrication
Friction
noun
he resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving over another.
Example: They are known for averting FRICTION and enabling team members to corporate
fr: Friction
Generator
noun
a dynamo or similar machine for converting mechanical energy into electricity.
Example: who will be accepted as an appropriate GENERATOR of legitimate knowledge
fr: Génératrice
Hardware
noun
tools, machinery, and other durable equipment.
Example: which encouraged software and HARDWARE development
fr: Matériel
Heat
noun
the quality of being hot; high temperature.
Example: owever, the color, HEAT, or texture are not really in them.
fr: Chaleur
Hydraulic
noun
denoting, relating to, or operated by a liquid moving in a confined space under pressure.
Example: he systems themselves may be mechanical, HYDRAULIC, electronic, pneumatic etc,
fr: Hydraulique
Machine
noun
an apparatus using or applying mechanical power and having several parts, each with a definite function and together performing a particular task.
Example: address such questions by modelling a person as a MACHINE describable with the equations of Newtonia
fr: Machine
Measurement
noun
the size, length, or amount of something, as established by measuring.
Example: ion properties due to what he argued was bias and MEASUREMENT errors
fr: La mesure
Mechanize
verb
introduce machines or automatic devices into (a process, activity, or place).
Example: it created an incentive for management to MECHANIZE rather than hire more labour
fr: Mécaniser
Operation
noun
the fact or condition of functioning or being active.
Example: OPERATION 'Head Start' was introduced in the USA
fr: Opération
Physics
noun
he branch of science concerned with the nature and properties of matter and energy. The subject matter of physics, distinguished from that of chemistry and biology, includes mechanics, heat, light and other radiation, sound, electricity, magnetism, and the structure of atoms.
Example: Many different scientific fields like PHYSICS, chemistry or biology.
fr: La physique
Scheme
noun
a large-scale systematic plan or arrangement for attaining some particular object or putting a particular idea into effect
Example: East India Company to embark upon its adventurous SCHEME of outright annexations
fr: Schème
Technology
noun
the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry.
Example: market economy, especially in light of advancing TECHNOLOGY and globalisation.
