Key Engineering Terms
Engineering Fields
Geometry Terminology
Technical Drawing Terms
It's a bird, it's a plane... oh wait it's an idiom
100

A person who designs products, structures, or systems to improve people's lives

engineer

100

Deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works like roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings.

Civil Engineering

100

ANGLES THAT ARE > THAN 90 DEGREES

Obtuse Angle

100

A quickly executed, freehand drawing that is usually not intended as a finished work.

Sketch

100

Something that really easy especially on your birthday

Piece of cake

200

The process of designing solutions

Engineering

200

The branch of engineering dealing with the design, construction, and use of machines.

Mechanical

200

LINES THAT FORM A RIGHT ANGLE

Perpendicular

200

a drawing in which a three dimensional object is represented in two dimensions

orthographic drawing

200

To Feel Sick

Under the weather

300

A new product or process that has never existed before

Invention

300

They develop computer hardware and software.

Computer Engineering

300

ANGLES WHOSE SUM = 90 DEGREES

Complementary angles

300

a drawing of a three-dimensional shape on a two-dimensional surface

Isometric

300

Good Luck

Break a leg

400

An improvement of an existing product

Innovation

400

Metals, plastics, ceramics, super- and semi-conductors are just of the few material that these engineers continue to develop and enhance.

Material Engineering

400

AN ANGLE MEASURING 180 DEGREES

Straight line

400

Dashed lines that represents something you can't see

Hidden lines

400

Raining really hard

Raining Cats & Dogs

500

These specifications might include performance, time and financial constraints, ergonomics, safety, and the state of the art.

Design Specifications

500

The use of artificial tissues, organs, or organ components to replace damaged or absent parts of the body, such as artificial limbs and heart pacemakers.

Bioengineering

500

THE LONGEST LEG OF A RIGHT TRIANGLE

HYPOTENUSE

500

An instrument used as a standard of reference when drawing an objects to a proportioned size

Scale

500

To Get Control Over Your Emotions

Get a grip