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2nd moment of area
6-axis robot

A

ABC inventory analysis
abrading
ABS
absence
absolute encoder
absolute value
absorber
absorber tube
abstract
a.c.
AC amplifier
AC equivalent circuit diagram
AC network
accelerating torque
acceleration
acceleration along the path
acceleration sensor
accelerometer
acceptance
acceptance test
acceptor
accumulated cost diagram
accumulation
accumulator
ACF
acid descaling
acoustic impedance
acquisition time
acrylic glass
action
action line
activated carbon
active edge
active force
active resistance
activity element
activity-on-node diagram
actual characteristic
actuated
actuating signal
AD conversion
adder
adding circuit
additional time
additive manufacturing
address generation
address space
adhesion
adhesion tendency
adhesive force
adhesive tool wear
adiabatic processes
adjust
administration
admittance
admittance
admittance matrix
agglomerate
agglomerate size
agglomeration
aggregate
aggregate forecast
aggregate inventory
air brake
air cooler
air fan
air flow
air gap
air mass
air patenting
air pressure
air-gap flux density
air-gap stalling torque
air-gap torque
air-mass flow rate
airflow sensor
airfoil
airfoil geometry
airfoil losses
algorithm
alkaline fuel cell
allocate
allocation key
allocation table
allowable moment load
alternating current
alternating current equivalent circuit diagram
alternating current network
Alternating Current Technology
alternating quantity
alternating voltage
alternative voltage source
ALU
aluminium electrolytic capacitor
AM
amount
ampere-turns
ampere-turns of a single slot
ampere-turns per length
amplification
amplitude
amplitude response
ampère per cm
Ampère’s circuital law
Ampère's force law
analogue value representation
ancillary activity
angle
angle detection
angle determination
angle of attack
angle of inclination
angle of repose
angled
angular acceleration
angular acceleration
angular deflection
angular frequency
angular gripper
angular second
angular speed
angular step resolution
angular velocity
annealing
annual load duration curve
annual maximum load
annuity
annuity factor
annuity present value factor
annular
annular coil
anodised
Antarctic pole
anti-lock braking system
anti-settling property
antiderivative
antinode
antisite
antistat
antistatic additive
antistatic agent
API call
aporetic
aporia
apparent power
appeal ear
appearing
approaching stream
appropriation of funds
approximate solution
approximation formula
aqueous
Arctic pole
area gantry
area load
arithmetic logic unit
arithmetic mean
arity
arm of the bridge
armature current
armature inductance
armature resistance
armature time constant
armature voltage
armature winding
arsenic
articulated lever
artificial aging
assemble-to-order
assembly line
assessment level
assignment
assignment table
associative law
assumption
astable
asterisk
asynchronous counter
asynchronous generator
asynchronous machine
atomic core
atomic decay
atomic disintegration
atomised
atomiser
ATP
attenuation coefficient
attenuation losses
attraction
attractive force
attribute
austral pole
authentication
authentification
autocorrelation function
automated manual transmission
automatic punching machine
automatic stamping machine
automatic transmission
automation
automotive industry/sector
available-to-promise
average consumer
average value
axis of rotation
azimuth drive
azimuth engine

B

back order
backfeeding
background
background effect
backlash
backlog
backplane bus
backward pass
backward scheduling
balance condition
balance quality
balancing
balancing machine
balancing problems
band
band gap
band gap
band-limited
bankruptcy
bar
bar extrusion
bar force
Barkhausen discontinuity
barrier layer
basal metabolic rate
base coordinate system
base load
base reference frame
basic circuit
Basic Concepts
basis substrate
bead
beading
beaker
beam
beam splitter
bearing
bearing
bearing block
bearing race
bearing seat
bed
being-in-itself
bell-type furnace
bellows
belt factor
belt friction
bending moment
bending moment diagram
benefit analysis
bevel drive gear
bias voltage
bill explosion
Bill of Material
billet
binary counter
binary digit
binary digit
binary number
binary place
binary system
binding force
binge studying
bipolar junction transistor
bipolar junction transistor
bipolar transistor
birefrigent crystal
birefringence
bismuth
bit line pre-charge
bit pattern
bit patterns
bit shift operator
bit-by-bit
bituminous coal
bituminous coal power plant
bitwise
black-body radiator
black-body thermal radiation
blank
blank holder
blank holder pressure
blanking
blast-furnace gas
BLDC machine
Bloch wall
block
block transfer
blue brittleness
body blank
body force
boiling water reactor
BOM
bond energy
bonderising
bonding agent
bonding mechanism
Boolean algebra
boreal pole
boron
bottleneck
bottom flask
boundary condition
braking time
braking torque
branch
breadboard
breakdown
breakdown region
breakdown torque
breaking resistor
Brewster's angle
bridge circuit
bridging
brittle
Bronze Age
brush contact voltage
brush sparking
brushless
brushless direct current machine
buck converter
buck-boost converter
bulk density
bulk material
bulk material density
bulk metal forming
bulk resistance
bunker
bunker outflow
bunker outlet
buoyancy
buried laying
burr
bus bar
business
business culture
Business Ethics
business perspectives
business practices
businesses
byproduct

C

C process
cable
calender drive
call
call hierarchy
call interface
call syntax
caller
calling object
cam roller
can extrusion
candlepower
cantilever girder
capacitance
capacitor
capacity market
capacity requirements planning
capacity-associated costs
capillary bridge
capillary force
capillary pressure
capital budgeting
capital commitment costs
capital goods
carbon composition resistor
carbon credit
carbon dioxide
carbon film trimmer
carbon footprint
carbon monoxide
carbonyl iron powder
Carnot cycle
Carnot efficiency
carrier gas
carry
carry-over
carrying costs
Carter's coefficient
cascade connection
cascade matrix
cast alloy
casting offset
catalyst
catalytic converter
catch pan
catcher
catcher foil
causal system
cavity radiator
cell array
cell efficiency
cell matrix
Cellophane
cellulose pressing
central processing unit
central system of forces
centre of mass
centrifugal casting
centrifugal force
centrifugal pump
centroid of an area
ceramic capacitor
ceramic substrate
CF
chamber furnace
changing operation
chaplet
character set
character string
characteristic value
characteristics
charge carrier
charge carrier density
charge separation
charge transport
chase production
check bit
check-up run
checkmark
chemical bond
chemical compound
chemical energy
chemical storage
Chief Financial Officer
chip removal
chord line
CHP
CHP plant
chute
CIP
CIP
circuit
circuit board assembly
circuit breaker
circuit diagram
circuit switching
circuit symbol
circuit synthesis
circuit-breaking transient
circuit-closing transient
circular blank
circular measure
circular path
circular wave
clamping
clarifying filter
classical Doppler effect
classroom-based lecture
client
clipboard
clock
clock control
clock cycle
clock frequency
clock generation
clock phase
clock pulse
clock pulse
clock signal
clock skew
clocked flip-flop
cluster
clustered sample
clutch disc
CMI
CMRR
CNF
CO-sensitive
CO2-sensitive
coal gas
coal-fired power plant
coarse
coarse interpolator
coarse-grained
coarse-grained services
coax cable
coaxial
code disc
code letter
coding conventions
coefficient of heat conductivity
coefficient of kinetic friction
coefficient of restitution
coefficient of static friction
coercitive field strength
coercive field strength
COGAS
COGAS system
cogeneration
coherence length
cohesion
coil
coil current
coil phase
coiled
coiled filament
coining
coke oven
coke oven gas
cold drawing
cold forming
cold pressure welding
cold reserve
cold roll
cold strip
cold strip rolling
cold upsetting
cold upsetting die
colour intensity
colouring strength
column select line
column vector
CoM
combinational logic
combined
combined gas and steam
combined gas and steam turbine system
combined heat and power plant
combined heat and power station
combined-cycle power plant
combustible dust
combustion air
commensurability
commercial vehicle
commodity
common-collector circuit
common-collector connection
common-mode gain
common-mode interference
common-mode rejection
common-mode rejection ratio
communication module
communication square
communication system
commutator
commutator sparking
compact
compacting force
compaction by vibration
company
company pension scheme
comparison method
comparison standard
compass needle
compensation method
competence to reflect
compile time
complement
complementation
complex admittance
complex plane
complex power
complex representation
component
component form
component of a force
composite key
composite signal
compound
compound statement
compounding
compounding factor
compressed air storage
compressive strength
compressive stress
compressor
computing circuit
conc.
concatenated key
concatenation
concentrated
concentrated force
concentration gradient
concentricity tolerance
conceptual
conceptual realism
conciseness
condensate
condenser
condensing power plant
conditional
conditional jump
conditional statement
conductance
conduction band
conduction band
conduction channel
conduction current
conduction electron
conductive plastic
conductivity
conductor loop
cone upsetting
confidence level
confidence range
configuration space
conflicts
conformance zone
conjunctive normal form
connected
connecting line
consequentialism
consignment inventory
consistency
constant of cooling time
constant-speed
construction costs
constructive interference
consumable resources
consumer
consumption period
contact carrier
contact normal
contact wetting angle
contactor
contactor circuit
container
contemplation
contingency allowance
contingency allowance study
contingent
Continual Improvement Process
continuous batch production
continuous casting
continuous function
continuous load
continuous mode
continuous operation with periodic duty cycle
continuous patenting
continuous performance threshold
continuous pickling line
continuous pickling plant
continuous power
continuous progressive code
continuous pusher-type furnace
continuous torque
continuous-time signal
continuous-value signal
continuously effective action
continuously variable automatic transmission
contour integral
contract buying
control circuit
control deviation
control grid
control range
control signal
control system
control system
control unit
control voltage
control voltage
controlled externally
controlled or closed-loop control system
controlling bead
conversion
conversion efficiency
converter
conveyor belt
conveyor belt furnace
conveyor furnace
convolution
convolution integral
coolant
cooling conveyor
cooling method
cooling process
cooling system
cooling time
cooling tower
coordinate system
cope
copper cable
copper loss
core
core bed
core box
core function
core losses
core mark
core print
corporate management
correction mass
correction weight
correspondence of the Laplace transform
corresponds to
cost accounting
cost centers
cost centre
cost group
cost object
cost of goods sold
cost reimbursable
costs of downtime
counter
counter-electrode
counter-torque
counteracting force
counterpunch
counting circuit
counting frequency
counting module
couple
course home page
covalent bond
CPU
CR
crane boom
crankshaft
created at runtime
critical angle
critical frequency
critical path
Critical Rationalism
Croning process
cross power spectral density
cross product
cross-correlation function
cross-sectional area of wire
crystal
crystal lattice
crystal oscillator
crystallisation dish
crystallographic plane
CS
CSL
CT
cube utilisation
cuboid
cup anemometer
cure
curing
current
current arrow
current density
current direction
current divider
current gain
current intensity
current locus radius
current ripple
current transition
current-carrying conductor
current-controlled
current-sinking
current-sourcing
curve fitting
customer
customer demand
customer retention
customer-managed inventory
cut face
cut-off
cut-off frequency
cut-off voltage
cutting
cutting impact
cutting punch
cwt
cycle
cycle counting
cycle duration
cycle monitoring time
cycle time
cycloid gearing
cylindrical coordinate system
Czochralski process

D

dam
damaging event
damping constant
damping diode
damping torque
data acceptance
data consistency
data keeping
data management
data management system
data manipulation language
data retention
data set
data stream
data throughput
DC contactor
DC link
DC link capacitor
DC link voltage
DC machine
DC series-wound motor
DC shunt motor
DC-link voltage
DCV
De Morgan's laws
de-essentialisation
deadtime compensation
debounce circuit
deburring
decant
decay constant
decimal system
decision-maker
decision-making competence
decomposition
decomposition
decomposition
decorating
deduce
deep drawing
deep-drawing defect
deep-grove ball bearing
default constructor
default value
defeat device
definite integral
definite integral
deflection
deflection method
deflection pin
deflection pulley
deformability
deformation
deformation
deformation efficiency
deformation force
deformation temperature
deformation work
degree of freedom
degree of liquid saturation
degree of protection
dehydration
delimiter
deliverables
delivery reliability
delivery time
delta connection
delta-star connection
delta-wye connection
demand
demand charge
demand forecast
demand pattern
denitration system
denominator
denominator angle
denominator polynomial
density
dependent demand
depletion region
deploy resources
deployment diagram
depreciation
depreciation rate
depth of discharge
derivable
derivation
derivation
derivative
descaling
descriptive name
design
destructive interference
desulphurisation system
detachment of an electron
detailed design
deviation
device
dialectic
diamagnetism
diameter
diaphragm
diaphragm pressure gauge
die
die casting
die design
die forging
die ring
dielectric
dielectric
dielectric conductance
dielectric displacement
dielectric medium
difference
differentiable
differential
differential amplifier
differential casing
differential equation
differential gain
differential (gear)
differential pinion
differential voltage
differentiation
diffraction
diffraction by a periodic grid
diffraction orders
diffuse component
diffuse into
diffusion current
diffusion technology
diffusion velocity
diffusion voltage
digit
digit-at-a-time method
digital value
digital value representation
diluted
dilution
dimension unit
dipole moment
Dirac delta function
Dirac impulse
Dirac pulse
Dirac push
direct axis inductance
direct component
direct coordinate transformation
direct costs
direct labor
direct material
direct methanol fuel cell
direct predecessor
direct radiation
direct transport
direct voltage
directed quantity
direction cosine / directional cosine
direction of rotation
directional control valve
Dirichlet boundary condition
disc armature
disc motor
discard
discharge cycle
discharge head
discontinuity of the first kind
discontinuity point
discontinuous
discontinuous mode
discounting
discrete event system
discrete-time signal
discrete-value signal
disjunctive normal form
dislocation
dislocation density
dislocation forest
dislocation motion
dispatching
dispersant
dispersing agent
dispersing process
displacement
displacement
displacement
displacement sensor
displacement vector
dispute of value judgements
dissipation factor
dissipation power
dissolved substances
distance-coded reference system
distortion-free
distributed force
distributed system
distribution
distribution center
distribution density function
distribution inventories
distribution networks
distribution of electrical energy
distribution task
distribution warehouse
distributive law
district heat network
diurnal cycle
divide-down
divider chain
division ratio
DML
DNF
document item
DOF
domain of convergence
domination
domination of nature
donor
dopant
doped
doping
doping agent
doping level
Doppler effect
Doppler frequency shift
Doppler shift
d.o.r.
dot notation
dot product
double-acting
double-acting hammer
double-address instruction
double-layer capacitor
doubly linked list
down-converter
down-counter
downtime
downward compatible
downwind rotor
drag
drag
drag coefficient
drag coefficient
drag force
drag-cup rotor motor
drag-type wind turbine
drain
drain terminal
drainage
drainage behaviour
drawing bead
drawing cushion
drawing gap
drawing phase
drawing plane
drawing ratio
drawing stage
drift velocity
drive engineering
drive gear
drive shaft
drive torque
drive train
driven side
driver
driver circuit
driver performance
driving circuit
driving voltage
droop
drum radius
dry cooling system
dry-running protection
drying oven
dual nature of values
ductile
dummy block
dust explosion
dust removal
dust-free
dustless
duty cycle
dwell
dwelling time
dynamic pressure
dynamic steering
dynamic storage

E

E function
E-bus
e-cap
earing
earliest finish time
earliest starting time
EC
EC motor
eccentrically rotating mass
eccentricity
economic activity
economic efficiency
economic order quantity
economic theories
Economic Value Added
eddy-current brake
edge
edge detection
edge detection operator
edge detector block
edge dislocation
edge occurrence
edge trigger flag
edge triggering
edge-controlled
edge-triggered
edge-triggered flip-flop
EDI
effective air-gap width
effective length of core stack
effective power
effective series resistance
effective torque
effective value
effective voltage
effector
efficiency
efficiency
EFT
EHV
eigenmodes
ejector
elastic collision
electric arc welding
electric capacity
electric charge density
electric displacement density
electric drive
electric field
electric flux density
electrical current
electrical energy
electrical energy supply
electrical energy system
electrical field strength
electrical grid
electrical stability
electrical substation
electricity industry
electricity purchase
electrolyser
electrolysis
electrolyte
electrolytic capacitor
Electromagnetic Compatibility
electromagnetic waves
electromagnetism
electromechanical
electromotive force
electromotive force
electron
electron density
electron mobility
electron orbit
electron shell
Electronic Data Interchange
electronic power supply
electronically-commutated DC motor
electroplating
electrostatic precipitator
electrostatic precipitator
element semiconductor
elemental rotation
elimination
elongation
elongation
embossing
embossing roll machine
EMC
emergency cooling
EMF
emipirical formula
emissions trading
emissivity
emitter diffusion process
emitter follower
employee recording
encapsulate
encapsulation
enclosing step
encrypted
encryption
end of life cycle
energy amount
energy and drive engineering
energy balance
energy content
energy conversion
energy conversion
energy density
energy efficiency
energy flow
energy flow controlling and regulation
energy fluctuation
energy grid
energy management system
energy provider
energy storage
energy supply
energy supply grid
energy transition
energy unit
energy use
engineer-to-order
engineering plan
enlarged air-gap width
enlightenment
enterprise resource planning
entity set
entrance rate
entry-controlled loop
envelope
envelope
enveloping surface
environment variable
environmental impact
environmental influences
EOQ
epoxy resin
EQ
equate
equation
equation between units
equation of motion
equilibrium
equilibrium condition
equilibrium of forces
equipotential line
equipotential surface
equivalence
equivalent circuit
equivalent current source
equivalent resistance
equivalent voltage source
ergonomics
ERP
error detection
error handling
ESP
EST
estimates
ethanol
Ethical Neutrality
Euler's formula
EVA
evacuated
even
event-driven
excess temperature
exciter
exciting winding
executive
existence
existing
exit controlled loop
expedient
exploding
exploding and offsetting
exponential form
exponential function
exponential smoothing
extension bus
extension rack
external circuit
external procurement
external rotor motor
external service
externally statically determinate
extra low voltage
extra low voltage system
extra-high voltage grid
Extreme High Voltage
extrudate
extrusion
extrusion punch

F

facilitator
facing lathes
factor comparison
factor input
factorial
facts and figures
factual ear
failure related
falling edge
fantail
Faraday's law
Faraday's law of induction
FAS
fatigue strength
FBD
FDM
feather position
feature
feed
feed in
feed screw
feed water
feed water heater
feedback
feedback encoder
feeder
feedthrough
FEM
ferrite
ferromagnetism
feudal system
fibrous
field balancing
field current
field intensity
field line
field quantity
field resistance
field strength
field voltage
field weakening factor
field winding
field-effect transistor
field-effect transistor
fill factor
fill in
film resistor
film thickness
filter cake
filter pass-band
filterability
filtrate output
final assembly schedule
final excess temperature
financial institution
financial plan
fine blanking
fine fraction
fine interpolator
fine material
fine-edge blanking
fine-grained services
fine-particle
fines
fines
finish-sizing
finished goods
finishing mill
finishing train
finite element method
finite load
finite-state machine
first harmonic
first law of thermodynamics
first moment of area
first order differential equation
first-type boundary condition
fixed batch costs
fixed boundary condition
fixed costs
fixed order costs
fixed order quantity
fixed phase relationship
fixed price
fixed resistor
fixed services
fixed support
fixed voltage regulator
fixing point
flag
flange forming
flanging
flash
flash converter
flasher unit
flat pickling bath
flat plate collector
flat rolling
FLC
flexible manufacturing system
flip-flop
floatable
floating
floating point
floating zone process
floating-point number
floating-point representation
flow chart
flow curve
flow field
flow line
flow manufacturing
flow pattern
flow property
flow rack
flow rate
flow rate
flow rate
flow resistance
flow state
flow stress
flow velocity
flow-through rack
flowability
flowmeter
fluctuation
flue gas
flue gas cleaning plant
fluid
fluid bed process
fluid density
fluid-bed dryer
fluidised bed
fluidised bed combustion
fluidising gas
fluidity
flux density
flux line
flux linkage
fly-by point
flyback converter
flying homing
Flynn's taxonomy
flywheel
flywheel effect
FMS
focal line
focal point
follow-on composite tool
follow-on die
follow-on tool
following axis
following error monitoring
force component
force couple
force plan
force polygon
forced circulation
foreign atom
forging
forging furnace
forked photoelectric sensor
formal description language
formation of scallops
formation voltage
forming
forming
forming degree
forming limit curve
forming technology
forward biased
forward direction
forward pass
forward region
forward resistance
forward scheduling
forward-bias voltage
foundry laddle
four-ears model
four-sides model
four-terminal network
FP
FQCN
fraction
fractional
fracture surface
fracture-splitting
Fraunhofer lines
free-body diagram
frequency
frequency
frequency converter
frequency converter
frequency density
frequency divider
frequency domain
frequency range
frequency response
frequency stability
frequency suppression
fresco
fresnel collector
friction
friction behaviour
friction conditions
friction cone
friction force
friction gear
friction loss
friction loss
friction screw press
friction torque
friction wheel
frictionless
frozen zone
FSM
fuel
fuel cell
fuel cell stack
full adder
full load
full radiator
full-bridge push-pull converter
full-wave rectifier
fully-qualified class name
function block
function call
function generator
function header
function module
function plan
function unit
functional diagram
functional specification
Fundamentals
furan resin
furnace
Fused Deposition Modeling
fused-salt electrolysis
future value formula

G

gain
galvanic isolation
gas turbine
gas-fired power plant
gaseous
gate
gate
gate
gate channel
gate potential
gateway
gating
Gaussian complex plane
gear
gear efficiency
gear ratio
gearbox
genera
general
general principles
generated at runtime
generation
generation costs
generation of electricity
generator
generator polynomial
generator reference arrow system
genus
geometrically defined cutting edge
geometrically undefined cutting edge
geothermal energy
geothermal power plant
geothermics
Gerber beam
germanium
girder
glass fibre
global radiation
good
grain boundary
grain flow
grain size
grain structure
granular
graph-oriented database schema
grasp
gravitational wave
gravity system
grid
grid extension
grid feed
grid type
gripper
gripper finger
gripper jaw
gross margin
gross requirements
ground
ground state
group
group error
group morality
group morals
growth rate
guide rail
gust
guyed
gypsum
gyroscope

H

H-bridge
half adder
half-bridge circuit
half-bridge forward converter
half-plane
half-thickness
Hall effect
Hall voltage
hand sieving
handling device
hard magnetic
hard-wired programmed controller
hardware description language
harmonic
harmonic
harmonic oscillation
head of the loop
heading
hearth-type furnace
heat capacity
heat conductance value
heat emission
heat emission coefficient
heat exchanger
heat pump
heat transfer medium
heat treatment
heat-transfer coefficient
heating process
heating time constant
Heaviside function
heavy-duty potentiometer
helical potentiometer
hemisphere
high pressure area
high voltage
High Voltage
high voltage DC transmission system
high-frequency amplifier
high-frequency engineering
high-level waste
high-speed steel
high-speed tool steel
high-strength low alloy
high-strength multi-phase steel
high-tension power line
high-voltage grid
highly porous
highly vertically integrated
hinged
hinged column
hinged support
hinged tip vane
hoist
hold-down
hold-down force
hollow shaft servo motor
homing
homogeneous solution
homogenous
horizontal shaft
hot forming
hot strip
hours of operation
HRC
HSLA
HSS
hub
hub
human-robot collaboration
humidification time
hundredweight
Huygens-Fresnel principle
HV
hydraulic power
hydro power
hydroelectric power plant
hydrogen
hydrogen
hydrogen economy
hyperbolically decreasing torque
hysteresis loop

I

identifiable costs
identifier
identifier
idle time
IEEE
ignition source
IL
IL
illuminance
imbalance
immersion heater
immersion patenting
immutable
impact extrusion
impedance
impedance converter
impedance operator
implement
implementation
impregnated
impression
impulse excitation
impulse relay
impulse response
impurity
impurity atom
impurity density
impurity exhaustion
impurity reserve
imputed
in-line wrist
in-situ balancing
in-transit inventory
inclined plane
incommensurability
incompressible fluids
incremental encoder
indefinite integral
indented bills
independent demand ordering system
indicator
indiffuse
indirect radiation
indirect storage
indium antimonide
individual disciplines
induced voltage
inductance
inductance
induction hardening
inductive
inductor
inductor current
industrial data collection
industrial power supply system
industrial robot
industrial water
industrial-scale
industrial-scale plant
inert-gas configuration
inertia
inertialess
inessential discontinuity
infill
infinite load
infinite loop
influx
information bit
ingate
ingot
ingot casting process
inherent temperature
inheritance
inheritance hierarchy
initial analysis
initial condition
initial gradient
initial public offering
initial run
initial unbalance
initial value
initialise
injection-moulding
injection-moulding process
input
input bias current
input buffer
input clock
input module
input pulse
input shaft
input signal
input step
input stream
input variable
input voltage
input voltage
inside diameter of stator
insolation
instance data block
instant properties
instantisation
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
instruction
instruction cycle
instruction execution
Instruction List
instruction pipeline
instruction pointer
instruction register
instruction set
insubstantial
insulating layer
insulation
insulation material
insulator
insurance premium
integer
integer
integer literal
integral
integral
integral gain
integral number
integral time constant
integrated network
interactive course unit
interest
interest income
interest rate
interface
interface module
interface-active
interfacial forces
interference
interference
interferometry
interlock
interlocked
intermediate annealing
intermediate bearing
intermediate rotor motor
intermediate superheater
intermittent manufacturing
intermittent operation
intermolecular forces
intermolecular interaction
internal pipe diametre
internal resistance
internal rotor motor
internally statically indeterminate
Internet of Things
interorganisational
intersection
intersection line
interstitial
interstitial solid solution
intrinsic conduction
intrinsic density
inventory
inventory control
inventory costs
inventory management
inventory on hand
inventory record accuracy
inventory turns
inverse
inverse coordinate transformation
inverse transformation
inverse value
inversely proportional
inverter
investment year
invitation for bid
invitation to bid
invocation
ion implantation
ionic crystal
ionisation energy
IoT
IPO
IR
Iron Age
iron chips
iron core
iron filings
iron loss
iron powder core
iron sulphide
iron-core coil
ironing
irradiance
irrationalism
is-proposition
isobaric process
isochoric process
isolation
isothermal process
isothermal transformation
items
iterate

J

jerk
job classification
job enhancement
job enlargement
job evaluation
job grading
job ranking
job rotation
joining
joint
joint rod
joint space control
jump
jump discontinuity
junction
junction
junction rule

K

Kapton film
Kapton tape
Karnaugh-Veitch diagram
key
key date
key field
key performance indicators
key-value pair
keyword
kinematic chain
kinematical determinacy
kinematical indeterminacy
kinetic energy
kink
Kirchhoff's Laws
knife edge cutting
knife-edged ring
knowledge for the sake of action
knowledge of nature
knowledge transfer
Kontinuierlicher Verbesserungsprozess
KPI
KV diagram

L

lab course experiment
lab power supply
labor-intensive
laboratory power supply
labour theory of value
lacquer coating
lacquer film
ladder diagram
ladder network
landed cost
Laplace domain
large-scale power plant
lash
latch flip-flop
latching
latest finish time
latest starting time
lattice defect
lattice distortion
lattice impurity
lattice vibrations
launch
law of action and reaction
law of conservation of energy
law of diminishing marginal utility
layer height
layer manufacturing method
layer manufacturing technique
layer manufacturing technology
layer resolution
layout plan
LC circuit
LCL
LD
lead time
lead-acid battery
leading edge
leakage current
leakage factor
leakage flux
leakage inductance
leakage reactance
lean production
learning objectives
Least Significant Bit
least squares principle
legacy system
length standard
level production
level-at-a-time method
level-operated
lever arm
LFT
lift
lift coefficient
lift force
lift-to-drag ratio
lift-type wind turbine
lifting device
lifting surface
light barrier
light ray
light scattering
light water reactor
light-activated resin
lighting engineering
lignite
lignite power plant
line
line diagram
line filter
line length of flux
line of action
line power
line-commutated
line-like
linear approximation
linear medium
linear thermal expansion coefficient
linear time-invariant system
linearity error
link
link
liquefaction
liquid bridge
liquid level
liquid meniscus
liquid zone
lithium iron phosphate
lithium iron sulphide
lithium-polymer
LOA
load
load admittance
load change
load current
load current
load cycle
load following rate
load instruction
load loss
load reference arrow system
load relief
load report
load resistor
load shedding
load time
load torque
load torque
load type
load-angle
locomotion
logarithmic amplifier
logic combination
logic instruction
logic result
logic state
logic variable
logical function
logical symbol
logically mandatory
longitudinal
longitudinal motion
longitudinal wave
loop
loop body
loop header
loop rule
Lorentz force
lost energy
low pressure area
low temperature heating
low voltage
low-alloy
low-level coding and netting
low-level programming
low-pass filter
low-voltage system
lower control limit
lower specification limit
lower warning limit
LS
LSB
LSL
LST
LT
LTI system
luminance
luminous energy
luminous exitance
luminous exposure
luminous flux
luminous intensity
lump
LWL

M

machine
machine code
machine program
machine routine
machine tool
MAD
magnet winding
magnetic circuit
magnetic coupling
magnetic energy
magnetic excitation
magnetic field
magnetic field line
magnetic flux
magnetic flux density
magnetic flux line
magnetic leakage flux
magnetic module
magnetic moment
magnetic potential difference
magnetic stir bar
magnetising current
magnetising reactance
magnetomotive force
magnitude
main activity
main rack
maintainability
maintenance
maintenance costs
maintenance, repair and overhaul
majority carrier
majority charge carrier
make-to-order
make-to-stock
malleable cast iron
manager
mandrel
mandrel
mandrel point
mangetising inductance
manual transmission
manufacturing
manufacturing control
manufacturing costs
manufacturing execution systems
manufacturing lead time
manufacturing metrology
manufacturing operations
manufacturing planning
manufacturing tolerance
manufacutring resource planning
marginal costs
marginally stable
market exchange relations
markup language
mass flow
mass flow
mass lay-offs
mass moment of inertia
mass moment of inertia
master production schedule
master value source
material costs
material flow
material requirements plan
material-intensive
materiality
materials conversion
materials management
matrix
matrix equation
maximum capacity
maximum output
maximum power point
maximum torques
maximum value
maximum voltage
maxterm
MDE
Mealy machine
mean
mean absolute deviation
mean length of turn
mean time value
mean value
measurand
measured and controlled variable
measured value
measurement
measuring
measuring device
measuring element
measuring equipment
measuring inaccuracy
measuring object
measuring range
measuring span
measuring transmitter
mechanical air-gap width
mechanical energy
mechanical linkage
mechanical loom
mechanical storage
medium load
Medvedev machine
membrane
memory address register
memory bandwidth
memory cell
memory page
memory request
menisci
meniscus
menu item
mercury-vapour lamp
MES
mesh equation
mesh networks
mesh rule
metal-cutting manufacturing
metal-semiconductor junction
metaphysics
method body
method header
method invocation
method of joints
method of sections
methodological paradigm
mica
Mie scattering
milestone
mill stand
mine-mouth power plant
minimum value
minority carrier
minority charge carrier
minterm
minuend
minute-keeping
miscibility
mixed crystal
mixing cylinder
mixture
MLT
MM
mobile data entry
model infill
modelling
modified rebuy
modulation index
module
moisten thoroughly
molecule
molten carbonate fuel cell
moment of inertia
momental vector
momentary value
momentum transfer
monism
monitor
monotonic function
Moore machine
Most Significant Bit
motional induction
motor characteristic
motor contactor
motor filter
motor power loss
motor shaft
motor speed
motor torque
mounting
mounting flange
moving-coil instrument
MPS
MRO
MRP
MSB
multi-level bill of material
multi-rational management
multi-stage deep drawing
multiphase
multiple inheritance
multiply-up
multistage die
multivalued dependency
multivibrator
mural
mutual inductance

N

n-ary
n-channel field effect transistor
n-doped
n-type doping
n-type semiconductor
nacelle
name resolution
natural aging
natural angular frequency
natural gas
necking
needle-roller bearing
negative pressure
negative temperature coefficient resistor
Neodymium
neothomism
nest
nested
nesting
net communication
net present value
net requirements
net wave function
netting
network adapter
network communication
network mask
network-compatible device
Neumann boundary condition
next state logic
nFET
nibbler
nibbling
nickel-cadmium
nickel-metal hydride
niobium
nitric oxide
nitrogen
nitrogen gas spring
no-load losses
no-load proof
no-load voltage
nodal equation
nodal rule
node
node
node
node
node equation
noise density
noise emission
noise signal
nominal characteristic
nominal force
nominal load
nominal operating range
nominal operation time
Nominal Pipe Size
nominal range
nominal speed
nominal torque
nominal voltage
nominalism
non-coaxial
non-conductor
non-conformance zone
non-consumable resources
non-dusting
non-equivalence
non-key field
non-resistant conductor
non-stationary signal
non-stock item
non-systematic code
non-volatile
normal distribution
normal force
normal force diagram
normal science
normative core functions
normative ethics
notching
nozzle
NPS
NTC resistor
nuclear fuel
nuclear power
nuclear power phase-out
nuclear power plant
nuclear reactor
nucleon
nucleus
null vector
number of armature slots
number of phases
number of pole pairs
number of rotor slots
number of segments
number of turns
number of turns per coil
number system
numerator
numerator angle
numerator polynomial
numeric literal
numerical value equation

O

object of projection
oblivion of being
octal number
octal number system
octet rule
OCV
odd
OEE
off-time
offset moment
offsetting
ohmic losses
Ohmic resistance
Ohmic resistor
Ohm's Law
oil-fired power plant
oil-impregnated
on-time
one-level bill of material
one-off payment
op-amp
open circuit voltage
open order file
open-circuit
open-circuit operation
open-circuit voltage
open-loop gain
operating condition
operating costs
operating mode
operating mode selector
operating parameter
operating point
operating point
operating principle
operating range
operating space
operating status
operating system
operating voltage
operation time
operational amplifier
operational readiness
optical fibre
optical waveguide
orbital motion of an electron
order costs
order cycle system
order dispatching
order of being
order of harmonic
order of magnitude
order picking
order point
order point system
order quantity
order routine
orientation competence
orientation standards
OS
oscillation
oscillatory
oscillatory response
ought-proposition
out-of-phase
outlier
output
output
output buffer
output capacitor
output controllability
output decoder
output function
output loss
output module
output signal
output stage
output stream
output variable
output voltage
outside diameter of rotor
outsourcing
Overall Equipment Effectiveness
overall reset
overall structure
overdamped case
overdetermined system of equations
overdrive range
overhanging
overhead
overhead allocation sheet
overhead costs
overhead costs
overhead power line
overloaded method
overrange
override
oversize material
oversize product
overspeed
OWG
oxidation
oxygen

P

p-channel field effect transistor
P-controller
p-doped
p-n boundary
p-n junction
p-type semiconductor
PAC
pace rating
packet switching
PAFC
parabolic trough
parabolic trough system
parallel circuit
parallel connection
parallel resistor
parallel-plate capacitor
parallel-wound machine
paramagnetism
parameter set
parameterisable
parity bit
partial derivative
partial fraction
partial load
partial voltage
partial-fraction expansion
particle
particle size
particle size
particular solution
Pascal's triangle
pass range
pass-band
patenting
path
path acceleration
path control
path interpolation
path planner
pathos formula
pause time
payload
payload
peak current
peak current generation
peak load
peak load cut-off
peak power
peak power output
peak value
peak value
peak-load plant
peak-to-peak value
PEM fuel cell
PEMFC
penetrate
people
PEP
performance level
performance rating
performance-related remuneration
period
period order quantity
period time
periodic inventory
periods of supply
peripheral speed
permanent magnet
permanent mould
permanent mould
permanent operation
permanent pattern
permanent-magnet d.c. motor
permeability
permeability of free space
permeate
permittivity
permittivity of free space
perpetual inventory
personnel allocation
personnel and plant protection
pFET
phase
phase angle
phase position
phase response
phase shift
phase shift angle
phase velocity
phase-locked loop
phasing network
phenomenal
phenomenon
philosophical
philosophy
philosophy of life
philosophy of nature
phosphating
phosphoric acid fuel cell
phosphorous
photocurrent
photocurrent
photoelectric effect
photopolymer resin
photovoltaic
photovoltaic system
physical constant
physical correlation
physical distribution
physical relationship
physical supply
physical vapour deposition
pick off
picking
pickled hot strip
pickling
Pierce circuit
piercing point
pin assignment
pin force
pinch-off voltage
pinching
piston
piston manometer
pitch angle
pitch factor
pivot vane
pivoted
place value
place-value system
planar
plane of rotation
plane wave
planet carrier
planetary gearing
planned inventory
planned order
planned order receipt
planned order release
planning bills
planning horizon
planning period
planning time fence
plant capacity factor
plant costs
plastic
plastic film capacitor
plastic flow
plastic melt
plastic-coated
play
PLC
PLL
PLM
plot
plug flow
pluralism
plutonium
PMTS
POA
point of action
point of application
point of use storage
point rating
point-to-point control
pointed brackets
pointer
pointer deflection
Poisson's ratio
polar form
polarisation
polariser
pole pitch
pole shoe
pole-pitch factor
political guidelines
polycarbonate film
polymer membrane
polymorphism
polynomial
polynomial degree
porosity
portable
position detection
position sensor
position setpoint
position variation
position vector
positional sketch
positioning movement
positive pressure
positive temperature coefficient resistor
post-test loop
potassium ferrocyanide
potassium hydroxide
potential assessment
potential difference
potential divider
potential head
POU
powdery
power
power coefficient
power converter
power cycle
power density
power electronics
power electronics
power fluctuation
power line
power line current
power line frequency
power loss
power loss reserve
power of two
power plant
power range
power rule
power section
power spectral density
power station unit
power tower
power-density spectrum
Poynting vector
pre-checked loop
pre-determined motion time systems
pre-production part
pre-selection
pre-test loop
precedence diagram
precedence order
precipitate
precipitation
precipitation hardening
precision casting
preforming
preparatory input
present value
press bed
press roll machine
pressboard
pressure equalisation
pressure filtration
pressure gradient
pressure side
pressure vessel
pressurised water reactor
prevalent values
primary axis
primary current phasor
primary standard
primary voltage phasor
prime
prime number
primitive
principal axis
principal axis of inertia
principal quantum number
principal strain
principal strain direction
principle of solidification
prismatic joint
prismatic joint
probability calculus
process
process capability
process control system
process design
process engineering
process equation
process heat
process image
process image of the inputs
process image of the outputs
process maturity
process model
process related
process segment
process variation
processing time
procurement
procurement
product emergence process
product engineering process
product lifecycle management
product operator
production activity control
production cell
production control
production costs
production costs
production order
production plan
production-cost function
productivist
profile rolling
ProgDie
program counter
program flow chart
Program Organisation Unit
programmable logic controller
project closing
project cost histogram
project goals
project manager
project manufacturing
project order
project overview
project scope
projected availability
proof strength
propagation delay
proper functioning
proper subset
properties
proportional controller
proposition
protection device
proton-exchange membrane fuel cell
protoscience
proximity sensor
PT
PTC resistor
PTF
PTP control
public utility company
pulley
pulling through a die
pulse period
pulse train
pulse-triggered
pulse-triggered flip-flop
pulse-width modulated
pumped storage plant
pumped-storage hydro power plant
punch
punching force
purchase price
purchasing
purchasing
pure
pure substance
push-pull amplifier
push-pull stage
pusher centrifuge
pusher-type principle
PVD
PWM

Q

QA
quadratic equation
quadratically increasing torque
quadrature axis inductance
quadripole
qualities
quality assurance
quality characteristics
quality control chart
quantised
quantity
quantity equation
quantum efficiency
quantum efficiency
quartz
quartz oscillator
quenching
query language
query parameter
quick-changer

R

radian
radian measure
radiance
radiant energy
radiant exitance
radiant exposure
radiant flux
radiant intensity
radiation standard
radiation yield
radiometric quantity
radius of gyration
radius of inertia
ram
ramp function
ramp voltage
ramp-shaped rising
ramp-up time
random access
random number
random process
range
rate of pressure increase
rated capacity
rated nominal value
rated output
rated output power
rated (r.m.s.) current
rated value
rated voltage
rating plate
ration books
raw materials and supplies
Rayleigh scattering
rayon
RC circuit
R&D
reactance
reaction behaviour
reaction force
reaction resin
reactive
reactive component
reactive impedance
reactive power
realisation
realism about universals
received
rechargeable battery
reciprocal
recoiler
reconstruction filter
recording
recovery
recovery
recovery efficiency
recovery related
recrystallisation
recrystallisation annealing
rectified
rectified value
rectifier
rectifier circuit
redispersibility
reducing balance depreciation method
reduction
reduction gear ratio
reduction ratio
reduction ratio
redundancy
reel station
reference arrow
reference conductor
reference coordinate system
reference date
reference inductance
reference period
reference point
reference sound pressure
reference standard
reference value
reference variable
reference year
reflection across the main diagonal
reformer
refraction
refractive index
Refroidissement annealing
register set
regression analysis
regulating unit
regulation variable
regulator parameters
reinforcement
rejects
relational database schema
relational operator
relationship ear
relative permeability
relativistic Doppler effect
releasing orders
reluctance
reluctance motor
remanent data
remote
remote database
removable discontinuity
remuneration component
renewable
renewable energies
reorder level
reorder point
repayment
repeatability
repetition accuracy
repetitive manufacturing
repulsion
request for bid
request for information
request for proposal
request for quotation
requirements definition
requirements engineering
rerolling stand
Research and Development
reserve energy
reservoir
residual book value
residual humidity
residual induction
residual moisture
residual unbalance
residuals
resistance
resistance heating
resistance to short-circuiting and open-circuiting
resistance value
resisting torque
resistive film
resistivity
resistor
resistor network
resistor-capacitor circuit
resolution
resolver
resonance frequency
resonant circuit
resourcefulness
response time
responsibility
restriction of voting rights
result of logic operation
result set
resultant
return type
revenue office
reverse direction
reverse gear
reverse region
reverse voltage
review
Reynolds number
RFI
RFP
ribbed
right-hand rule
right-handed coordinate system
right-handed system
rigid
rigid body chain
ring oscillator
ring rolling
rinsing liquid
rinsing section
ripple
ripple
ripple current capability
rising edge
risk analysis
Ritter's method of dissection
RLO
(r.m.s.) rotor current
(r.m.s.) stator current
RMS value
RMS voltage
robust software
rod
rod force
rod-and-tube thermometer
roll drawing
roll forging
roller bearing technology
rolling bed dryer
rolling blackout
rolling mill
rolling resistance
rollout
root-mean-square value
rope
rope drum
rotary axis
rotary joint
rotary pulse generator
rotating vector
rotation
rotation angle
rotation direction recognition
rotation matrix
rotation sequence
rotational effect
rotational energy
rotor
rotor current phasor
rotor frequency
rotor position
rotor speed
rough design
rough-cut capacity planning
roughing stand
round blank sheet
round-trip truck
router
routing file
row address line
row vector
Royal cubit
rubber
rule of three
Rules of Procedure
run-down time
run-of-the-river hydroelectric power plant
run-up time
running index
runtime environment
runtime environment
rupture

S

s plane
s-parameter
safety stock
safety-compliant
sales revenue
salt dome
Samarium
sample function
sample-and-hold unit
sampling frequency
sampling rate
sampling signal
sampling time
sand core
sand lining
sanding
saturation factor
saturation field strength
saturation voltage
SBC
scabbing
scalability
scalar product
scalar quantity
scale
scalloping
scanning electron microscope
scanning reticle
scattering parameter
scattering range
scheduled receipt
Schmitt trigger
scientific-technological
SCM
SCN
scoring
scrap
scraper
screen centrifuge
screw dislocation
screw joint
sea water desalination
seasonal index
second moment of area
second-type boundary condition
secondary
secondary axis
secondary reflector
Securities Acquisition and Takeover Act
security of supply
sedimentation speed
selective laser sintering
self-commutated
self-control
self-preservation
self-revealing ear
SEM
semi-continuous pickler
semi-finished part
semi-finished product
semiconductor
semiconductor component
semiconductor junction
semiconductor region
sense amplifier
sense of rotation
sensitive robot
sensor
sensor
sensory organ
separate
separating equipment
separation
separator
separator
sequence cascade
sequential control
sequential logic
serial kinematics
series connection
series expansion
series resistor
series resistor
service charge
service level
service level
servo drive
servo motor
set current
set input
set of norms
set of sieves
set to ground
setpoint
settling speed
settling time
settling time
settling velocity
setup frequency
setup time
S/H unit
shading angle
shading loss
shaft
shaft end
shaft furnace
shaft power
shaft torque
shape
shaping
shareholder
shear
shear clearance
shear cutting
shear force
shear forming
shear gap
shear modulus
shear modulus
shear strength
shear tolerance
shear‐force diagram
shearing
shearing stress
sheath current
sheath current filter
sheath wave
sheet
sheet metal spinning
sheet steel
sheet-metal forming
shelf life
shell-moulding process
shift register
shoe brake
shop order
short circuit
short circuit
short-circuit capacity
short-circuit current
short-circuit path
short-circuit proof
short-term memory
short-time operation
shrink-fitted
shrinkage cavity
shrunk-on
shunt characteristic
shunt connection
shunt machine
shunt motor
shunt-wound motor
Siemens process
sieve plate
sieve tray
sifting property
sigma
sigma sign
sign
sign function
signal carrier
signal component
signal flow
signal module
signal power
signal shape
signal transition
signal transmission
signed
silica
silica gel
silicic acid
silicon
silicone alkyd resin
similarity theorem
simple moving average
single inheritance
single pole
single slit diffraction
single-acting
single-address instruction
single-board computer
single-ended forward converter
single-level bill
single-level bill of material
single-phase three-wire systems
singly linked list
singular objects
sink
sinusoidal
sinusoidal function
sinusoidal oscillation
sinusoidal quantity
SIR
six-axis robot
sizing
skewing factor
SKU
sky radiation
slab
slack
sleeve
slew rate
sliding contact
sliding friction
sliding sleeve
sliding sleeve
slip
slip direction
slip plane
slip ring
slip system
slippage
slope
slope
slot pitch
slot width
SLS
slug
slushy zone
small-angle grain boundary
small-signal resistance
SMC
SMD
smelting
smoothing reactor
smoothing-out of concentration
Snell's law
social domination
social spheres
sodium-sulphur battery
soft annealed
soft machining
soft magnetic
soft-anneal
soft-iron core
solar collector
solar constant
solar irradiance
solar power tower
solar radiation
solar thermal
solar thermal energy
solar thermal power plant
solder
soldering
soldering temperature
soldering terminal
solenoid
solenoid valve
solid
solid angle
solid bridge
solid electrolyte
solid material
solid oxide fuel cell
solid solution hardening
soporific
sorted annual load duration curve
sound velocity
sound wave
source
source code
source terminal
space-charge region
span
spatial direction
spatial position
special function register
special-purpose machine
species
specific heat capacity
specific permeance
specific tangential force
spectral component
spectral radiance
spectrum analyser
specular reflection
speed
speed control range
speed range
speed variation
sphere packing
spherical
spherical autoclave
spherical capacitor
spherical coordinate system
spherical joint
spherical wave
spheroidize
spheroidized
spherosymmetrical
spin-off
spindle pitch
spinning
spray bottle
spread
spread
spreading
spreadsheet program
spring constant
spring constant
spring-loaded
SQL query
SQL statement
square radian
square-wave generator
square-wave signal
squirrel-cage rotor
SR
SRAM
stability
stability condition
stack
stack pointer
stacking fault
staircase function
stall
stalling slip
stamping
stand-alone operation
standard data elements
standard deviation
standard rebuy
standard task
standard time
standardised
standby generator
standing wave
standstill
state of flow
state table
state transition
state variable
state-controlled
stateful server
stateless server
statement
Statement List
statement part
static friction
static friction cone
static pressure
static random-access memory
Static Timing Analysis
statical determinacy
statical indeterminacy
statically determined
statically indeterminate
stationary
stationary
stationary rotational cylinder
stationary signal
stator
stator frequency
stator inductance
stator reactance
stator voltage
steady state
steady state
steady-state condition
steady-state operating point
steam generator
steam power plant
steam turbine
steam turbine cycle
steering committee
stem
step
step discontinuity
step enabling condition
step function
step sequence
step sequence programming
step variable
stepper motor
stepping motor
steradian
stereo lithography
stir up
Stirling engine
Stirling engine solar power system
STL
STM
stock
stock item
stock out
stock-keeping unit
stockout costs
Stone Age
stop
stop
storage cell
storage collector
storage efficiency
storage engineering
storage location
storage power plant
stored effective action
straight rebuy
straight-line depreciation method
strain
strain gauge
strain hardening
strain hardening
strain wave gear
strategic business plan
strategic sourcing
strength
strengthening
stress
stress resultants
stress-strain curve
stretch
stretch forming
stretch rolling
stretch-bending machine
stretching
string
string‐force
strip mine
structure component
strut
subnetting
subordinate
subordinate
subordinated
substance
substance
substantiality
substitution solid solution
subtrahend
sucker
suction
suction cup
suction side
sulphur
sulphur dioxide
summation operator
summation sign
sun elevation
sun elevation angle
sun-and-planet gearing
superclass
superconductor
superposition
superposition principle
supply chain management
supply chain network
supply voltage
supply voltage
support
support material
support reaction
support structure
supporting point
surface cleanliness
surface force
surface integral
surface roughness
surface tension
surface-active
surface-mounted component
surface-mounted device
surge protector
susceptance
susceptible
suspensibility
suspension
suspension properties
sustainability
SWG
switch
switchboard
switched
switched-mode power supply
switchgears
switching current
switching element
switching frequency
switching frequency
switching hysteresis
switching point
switching power supply
switching processor
switching threshold
switching transistor
symbolic method
synchronisation characteristic
synchroniser hub
synchroniser ring
synchronous counter
synchronous generated voltage
synchronous motor
synchronous operation
synchronous reactance
synchrotron radiation
synthetic resin varnish
system design
system of bars
system response
systematic code

T

T flip-flop
table of state sequences
tablet stability
tabletting
tailor-made
tailored
take the logarithm of
takt time
takt-driven systems
tangential force
tantalum
tapered roller bearing
target definition
target inventory
target value
tariffs
Taylor series
Taylor series expansion
TCP
teaching pendant
Technical Rules for Hazardous Substances
technically feasible
TEEP
temperature coefficient
temperature coefficient of resistance
temperature equilibrium
tempering
temporally constant
tensile strength
tensile stress
tensile-compressive forming
tension
terminal
terminal resistance
terminal resistor
test material
text item
the essent
the particular
the two sides of industry
thermal capacity
thermal change
thermal conductivity
thermal engine
thermal expansion coefficient
thermal flux
thermal insulation
thermal life
thermal oil
thermal output
thermal power plant
thermal stability
thermal storage system
thermal reserve
thermocouple
thermodynamic cycle
thermodynamics
thermoplastic
thermoplastic material
thermosiphon system
thin-film cell
thin-film resistor
thing in itself
thoriated
thought process
thread
thread rolling
three-address instruction
three-hinged arch
three-phase
three-phase asynchronous motor
three-phase current
threshold detector
threshold voltage
throughput time
thyristor
tidal power plant
tightly coupled
time and materials
time behaviour
time derivative
time domain
time function
time function element
time of rotation
time response
time sequence chart
time-averaged value
time-independent
time-motion study
time-variable
time-varying
time-varying field
timer
timer block
timer element
timing path
tinctorial strength
tip brake
tip losses
tip speed ratio
T&M
toggle flip-flop
tool centre point
tool coordinate system
tool design
tool reference frame
toothed
top flask
top-hat rail
toroidal
toroidal coil
torque
torque constant
torque curve
torque reserve
torque ripple
torsional angle
torsional rigidity
torsional stiffness
total absorption costing
total costs
total current
Total Effective Equipment Performance
total internal reflection
total moment of inertia
total present value
total pressure
total radiation
TPA
tracking
trade unions and employers
trajectory
transaction
transconductance
transfer batch
transfer device
transfer function
transfer line
transfer point
transfer station
transformation
transformation hardening
transformer
transformer core
transient
transient response
transition
transition condition
translation
translational axis
transmission grid operator
transmission loss
transmission mechanism
transmitter
transposition
transposition
transverse wave
trapezium
trapezoid
travel
traverse
traverse angle
traverse time
tri-state output
trick circuit
trimming
triple point
truck preparation area
truss
trust
truth table
TT
tuning capacitor
turbine rotor wheel
turbulence pickling line
turn
turn-off delay
turn-off transient
turn-on delay
turn-on transient
tweezers
twin boundary
twin formation
twist
twisted
two-bin system
two-out-of-three circuit
two-pulse bridge connection
two's complement
type conversion
type safety

U

UCL
ultrasonic bath
unambiguous
unbalance
unbalanced mass
uncertainty range
unclocked flip-flop
undercut
underdamped case
underdrive range
underrange
undistorted
undoped
undulatory current
unfulfilled
unique
unit
unit
unit equation
unit of measurement
unit vector
universal moral responsibility
universals
universals controversy
unknown
unknown quantity
unproductive time
unsubstantial
up-counter
upper control limit / UCL
upper specification limit
upper warning limit
upset bulging
upset pass
upsetting
upsetting press
upthrust
upwind rotor
uranium
usability engineering
usable range of a characteristic curve
usage
usage charge
use case diagram
useful life span
user specification
USL
utilisation
UV-crosslinkable
UWL

V

vacancy
vacant site
vacuum
vacuum nozzle
vacuum tube collector
valence band
value
value argumentation strategy
value concept
value drivers
value feeling
Value Judgement
value management
value orientation
Value Philosophy
Value Stream Design
value stream mapping
value stream planning
value stream quotient
Value Theory
value-added chain
value-added process
value-adding network
value-oriented
values
valve
variable
variable of state
variable-size item
varnish
VCO
vector admittance
vector diagram
vector length
vector quantity
vector representation
velocity
velocity of approach
vendor-managed inventory
vertical axis
vertical axis wind turbine
vertical range of manufacture
vibration
vibration amplitude
vibration severity
vibrocompacting
vibrogram
vibrometry
Vienna Circle
view of the essence
vigorous reaction
virtual earth
virtual ground
virtual leading axis
viscosity
viscous
viscous damping
VMI
void
void ratio
void space
voltage
voltage arrow
voltage divider
voltage drop
voltage level
voltage level
voltage passing through zero
voltage ratio
voltage ripple
voltage shearing
voltage stabilisation
voltage standard
voltage transformer
voltage waveform
voltage-controlled
voltage-controlled oscillator
voltage-dropping resistance
voltage-dropping resistor
voltmeter
volume flow rate
volume fluctuations
volumetric thermal expansion coefficient
VSD
VSM
VSP
VSQ

W

wafer
walking-beam furnace
walkthrough
wall painting
warm forming
warping
wash away
wash bottle
waste
waste
waste heat
waste mould casting
watchdog timer
water brake
water droplet
water turbine
waterfall method
Watt's linkage
Watt's parallel linkage
wave
wave front
wave function
wave node
wave propagation
wave train
waveform
WD
wedge-action cutting
weighing spoon
weight-force
weighted-point plan
Weiss domain
weldability
welding
welding tongs
wet agglomeration process
wetting
wheel rim
whirl tray
whirl up
wide measuring range
wide-range power supply
wind power
wind power plant
wind speed
wind triangle
wind turbine
wind vane
winding
winding factor
winding machine
window manager
WIP
WIP inventory
wiper
wire drawing
wire grid polariser
wire resistor
wire-break protection
wired
with correct signs
word-at-a-time method
work breakdown structure
work design
work function
work hardening
work load
work order
work organisation
work package
work sampling study
work-centre file
work-in-process
work-in-process inventory
work-in-progress
workday
workflow
working day
working mechanism
workload
world reference frame
world view
wrist axis
wrought alloy

X

x̅
x bar
XCF

Y

yaw control
yaw rate
yawing system
yield
yield point
yield stress
Young's modulus

Z

Z-diode
Z-transform
Zener diode
Zener voltage
zero correction
zero crossing
zero phase angle
zero-address instruction
zero-mass
zero-mean
zero-memory
zero‐force member
zinc-bromine