My Engieneer Glossary
My Engieneer Glossary
Hi, my name is Camil, I'm 19 years old and I'm born in Montreal. This is my 5th and final session at College Lionel-Groulx. I study in Natural Sciences. In the future, I want to be an engineer and I want to specialize in the field of mechanics. I made a glossary in the topic of engineering because I want to go to this area later. More precisely, I want to become a mechanical engineer. I made a glossary for my English class to familiarize myself with the engineering language.
- Acceleration
- noun
- A vehicle's capacity to gain speed within a short time.
- Example: A Formula One car is superior to an Indy car in its acceleration.
- en: Accélération
- Angle
- noun
- The space (usually measured in degrees) between two intersecting lines or surfaces at or close to the point where they meet.
- Example: Sloping at an angle of 33° to the horizontal.
- en: Angle
- Balance
- noun
- An even distribution of weight enabling someone or something to remain upright and steady.
- Example: She lost her balance before falling.
- en: Équilibre
- Calculation
- noun
- A mathematical determination of the size or number of something.
- Example: Finding ways of saving money involves complicated calculations.
- en: Calcul
- Combustion
- noun
- Combustion is the scientific word for burning. In a combustion reaction, a substance reacts with oxygen from the air. Combustion reactions happen at high temperatures, and transfer energy to the surroundings as light and heat. This is why you see flames when things burn.
- Example: Combustion control and retail customers.
- en: Combustion
- Design
- noun
- A 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: He has just unveiled his design for the new museum.
- en: Conception
- Dimension
- noun
- A measurable extent of some kind, such as length, breadth, depth, or height.
- Example: The final dimensions of the pond were 14 ft. x 8 f.
- en: Dimension
- Engine
- noun
- A machine with moving parts that converts power into motion.
- Example: Exports used to be the engine of growth.
- en: Moteur
- Fabrication
- noun
- The action or process of manufacturing or inventing something.
- Example: The assembly and fabrication of electronic products.
- en: Fabrication
- Generate
- verb
- Cause (something, especially an emotion or situation) to arise or come about.
- Example: Changes that are likely to generate controversy.
- en: Produire
- Hardware
- noun
- Tools, machinery, and other durable equipment.
- Example: Tanks and other military hardware.
- en: Matériel
- Information
- noun
- Facts provided or learned about something or someone.
- Example: A vital piece of information.
- en: Information
- Joint
- noun
- A point at which parts of an artificial structure are joined.
- Example: A joint between two pieces of timber.
- en: Joint
- Lever
- noun
- The exertion of force by means of a lever or an object used in the manner of a lever.
- Example: My spade hit something solid that wouldn't respond to leverage.
- en: Levier
- 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: A fax machine.
- en: Machine
- Mechanize
- verb
- Introduce machines or automatic devices into (a process, activity, or place).
- Example: The farm was mechanized in the 1950s.
- en: Mécaniser
- Physics
- noun
- The 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: The physics of plasmas.
- en: La physique
- Production
- noun
- The action of making or manufacturing from components or raw materials, or the process of being so manufactured.
- Example: The production of chemical weapons.
- en: Production
- Scheme
- noun
- A large-scale systematic plan or arrangement for attaining some particular object or putting a particular idea into effect.
- Example: A clever marketing scheme.
- en: Schéma
- Technology
- noun
- The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry.
- Example: Advances in computer technology.
- en: La technologie