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The discipline, art, skill and profession of applying scientific knowledge and principles to the design and manufacturing of machines, structures, devices, systems, materials and processes.
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wellpoint
Engineering; Civil engineering
A pipe fitted with a driving point and a fine mesh screen used to remove underground water. A complete set of equipment for drying up ground including wellpoints, connecting pipe ...
public relations officer
Engineering; Civil engineering
The person on the emergency management team who is in charge of public information affairs. The public information officer is the counterpart to the dam operating organization's ...
decomposition
Engineering; Civil engineering
Refers to subdividing a failure mode into discrete elements or sequential events so that the failure mode could be better understood, and probabilities can be more reasonably ...
water balance mode
Engineering; Civil engineering
An analytical tool whereby the sum of the system inflows equals the sum of the system outflows. A summation of inputs, outputs, and net changes to a particular water resource ...
transmission line
Engineering; Civil engineering
Facility for transmitting electrical energy at high voltage from one point to another point. Transmission line voltages are normally 115 kilovolt or larger. See distribution line.
zone of aeration
Engineering; Civil engineering
The comparatively dry soil or rock located between the ground surface and the top of the water table. The zone of aeration is not saturated with water because its pores are filled ...
foot-pound
Engineering; Civil engineering
Unit of work equal to the force in pounds multiplied by the distance in feet through which it acts. When a 1 pound force is exerted through a 1 foot distance, 1 foot pound of work ...
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