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  • auto-forwarding: the automatic forwarding of interpersonal messages(IPMs)by the interpersonal messaging system(IPMS)to pre-specified users or distribution lists(DLs)
    Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)

  • awkward: having long projecting parts and being,for that reason,difficult to handle
    Category: Mechanical engineering

  • awkwardly: having long projecting parts and being,for that reason,difficult to handle
    Category: Mechanical engineering

  • backward: tilt such that blade tips are to rear of plane or rotation through centroids of blade roots
    Category: Transport

  • backward: phase in the back-propagation algorithm where starting at the output units an error correcting signal for the units in the network is computed
    Category: General

  • backward: an echo arriving at a defined point and having a direction of transmission opposite to that of the direct signal
    Category: Electrical engineering and energy

  • backward: a method of holding switching equipment by a condition applied to a holding wire at a subsequent switching stage
    Category: News-systems and communications

  • backward: a feature available on some magnetic-tape systems whereby the magnetic-tape units can transfer data to a computer storage while moving in a reverse direction.Normally used,if available,during the external sort phase to reduce rewind time
    Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)

  • backward: the movement of the screen display from specific to more general data,in zoom mode
    Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)

  • backward: a wave in which group and phase velocities have opposite signs
    Category: Electrical engineering and energy

  • backward: a) a two-terminal device with 'backward' rectifying properties; b) a p-n junction rectifier in which an easy-flow direction occurs when the n-type region is positive, no offset voltage appearing in the forward direction; c) a tunnel diode with an insignificant value of peak current
    Category: Electrical engineering and energy

  • backward: a signal sent in the direction from the called to the calling station
    Category: Electrical engineering and energy

  • backward: a signal,used for the establishment,release or other control of a connection,sent in the opposite direction to call set-up
    Category: Electrical engineering and energy

  • backward: a search for an entity from the cursor position back to the beginning of the document or file
    Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)

  • backward: the signalling in the direction from the called to the calling station
    Category: Electrical engineering and energy

  • backward: a channel associated with the forward channel,used for supervisory or error control signals,but with a direction or transmission opposite to that of the forward channel in which user information is being transferred
    Category: Electrical engineering and energy

  • backward: an electromagnetic wave having a group velocity in opposite direction to that of its phase velocity
    Category: Electrical engineering and energy

  • Backward-forward: The 'push'(i.e.the extent of demand which a development project generates for the output of all the production sectors of the economy)and 'pull'(i.e.the extent of demand generated for the output of a project by an overall expansion of the production sectors of the economy).
    Category: Economics

  • carryforward: the carrying over to following years of deductions from income,profits or credits against tax which cannot be used in a specific accounting year
    Category: Financial affairs - taxation - customs

  • churchwarden: a church officer...whose duties...new relate chiefly to the oversight and management of the temporal affairs of the parish..
    Category: General

  • clear-forward: a signal sent in the forward direction to terminate the call or call attempt and release the circuit concerned.This signal is normally sent when the calling party clears
    Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)

  • downward: a bias which tends to reduce a magnitude below its true value
    Category: Mathematics

  • downward: the movement of an individual,social group or class to a lower status
    Category: Man and society

  • downward: the downward rotation of the arm in the vertical plane of the robot
    Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)

  • downward: the transition to a lower energy level
    Category: Electrical engineering and energy

  • downward: movement of the arm parallel to the vertical axis of the robot
    Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)

  • edward: a severe chromosome abnormality where the child has an extra chromosome 18 in every cell
    Category: Medicine

  • edwards: a severe chromosome abnormality where the child has an extra chromosome 18 in every cell
    Category: Medicine

  • feedforward: in process control:that control action designed so that information concerning one or more conditions that can disturb the controlled variable is converted into corrective action.This minimizes the deviations of the controlled variable,i.e.,feedforward control can be combined with other types of control to anticipate and minimize deviations of the controlled variable
    Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)

  • forward-recovery: the peak value of forward recovery voltage
    Category: Electrical engineering and energy

  • forwarder: a machine specially adapted for the operation of moving products from stump to a landing for further transport
    Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

  • forwarding: the operation of moving products from stump to a landing for further transport
    Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

  • forwarding: intermediary who arranges for the carriage of goods and/or associated services on behalf of a shipper
    Category: Transport

  • forwarding: the expenses incurred when a cargo is carried to destination from a port of forced discharge or from a place of refuge
    Category: Insurance

  • forwards: a search for a string from the cursor position to the end of the document
    Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)

  • heading-upward: an indicator presentation,such as that of a plan position indicator or a radio direction finder,on which the heading of the craft is maintained at the top of the indicator
    Category: Transport

  • heading-upward: a plan position indicator with the heading of tha craft maintained at the top of the indicator
    Category: Transport

  • inward: mail is divided in detailed areas before allocating it to the person responsible for delivery
    Category: News-systems and communications

  • inward: external funding by banks for domestic lending
    Category: Financial affairs - taxation - customs

  • inward: processing of imported commodities without paying duties if the finished product is exported to a country outside of the EEC
    Category: Commerce - movement of goods

  • inward: a valve in a pressurized system,such as a pressurized cooling system,that allows air to enter the system when the pressure in the system drops below the ambient pressure
    Category: Mechanical engineering

  • inward: the process of determining a world number,based on the dialled digits
    Category: News-systems and communications

  • inward: referring to the direct inward dialling(DID)feature of centrex service,a feature that prevents selected station lines from receiving incoming DID,non DID(attendant completed)and CCSA calls
    Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)

  • inward: reinsurance business obtained from other insurers or reinsurers
    Category: Insurance

  • inward: an automatic valve fitted to admit air to the cabin when the external pressure exceeds the internal by more than a defined amount
    Category: Mechanical engineering

  • inward: the carriage...moves back toward the rollers and during this -- the stretch of twisted yarn on the spindle is wound into a cop of the desired shape.
    Category: Various industries and crafts

  • inward: spot sale of foreign exchange and forward repurchase of same foreign currency against domestic currency
    Category: Financial affairs - taxation - customs

  • inward: quota
    Category: News-systems and communications

  • inward: an extrusion creating a negative surface detail
    Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)

  • inwards: reinsurance business obtained from other insurers or reinsurers
    Category: Insurance



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