2017年4月8日 · In civil engineering, the words invert and obvert are used in the context of pipe elevations. I gather that invert means: interior bottom elevation of pipe, and obvert means: …

An example of misuse is our use of the word ‘nominal’, which most of the English-speaking world interprets as meaning small, minimal-and we usually use it in the sense of being average or …

Except in the case of the original of this kind clockwise (and anti-clockwise), and though wise tends to be extensively used as a suffix, excessive use of it is generally not well regarded as …

Using "off" to indicate quantity is quite common in Engineering jargon. It is quite usual to find such sentences in engineering books, and invoices. Though it is incorrect yet used extensively. It is …

Not that the NOAD is an ultimate authority, but I found it interesting that eng. could be used to abbreviate both engineer and engineering, yet engr. lists engineer but not engineering: eng. …

2011年4月5日 · In civil engineering the term quasi-permanent is used for actions (loadings). It has more the meaning of equivalent that almost. In very simple words, we suppose that the action …

It is permitted to engineers registered with one of the national engineering professional bodies. For example, in the UK engineers must have achieved suitable qualification and registration …

2022年6月13日 · To use it in a software engineering setting would be to borrow from another field of engineering. Using NASA-talk in a humdrum office is a bit jocular, even pretentious. It's like …

2021年9月27日 · Mount in this (IT) context is a technical word meaning to make the local folder available to the computer, so that appears to be within the docker container. In IT the word …

The two are often used interchangeably. That said, a Google search of "seasoned by experience" (in quotes) comes up with many examples of that phrase being used by legitimate …