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464 | <strong>Patent</strong> it YOURSELF<br />

square<br />

stamped<br />

striated (grooved or ridged)<br />

swaged (flattened)<br />

swale (depression)<br />

syncline (V-shaped)<br />

taper terminus (end)<br />

tesselated (tiled)<br />

topology (unchangeable<br />

geometry)<br />

tortuous (twisting)<br />

tram (on wheels)<br />

trefoil (three-leaved)<br />

triangular<br />

trihedral (3-sided)<br />

trough<br />

tubular<br />

tumescence (detumescence)<br />

turbinate (top/spiral shaped)<br />

twist<br />

upset (distorted)<br />

vermiculate (worm-eaten)<br />

volute (spiral)<br />

wafer<br />

web<br />

wedge<br />

whorl (spiral)<br />

xyresic (razor-sharp)<br />

8. Materials and<br />

Properties<br />

adhesive<br />

alluvial (sand or clay<br />

deposited by water)<br />

concrete<br />

cork<br />

dappled (spotted)<br />

denier (gauge)<br />

dense<br />

elastic<br />

enlarged<br />

fabric<br />

fiber<br />

flexible<br />

foraminous<br />

frigorific (chilling)<br />

frit (fused glass)<br />

frosting (dull finish)<br />

gloss<br />

haptic (sense of touch)<br />

humectant (moistener)<br />

insulation<br />

intenerate (soften)<br />

liquid<br />

material<br />

metal<br />

nappy<br />

opaque<br />

passivation (inert coating)<br />

pied (splotched)<br />

placer (glacial deposit)<br />

plastic<br />

porous<br />

prill<br />

refractory<br />

resilient<br />

rigid<br />

rubber<br />

sand<br />

screen<br />

shirred (gathered)<br />

smectic (cleaning)<br />

stratified (layered)<br />

strong<br />

sturdy<br />

translucent<br />

transparent<br />

wood<br />

xerotic (dry)<br />

9. Optics<br />

aniseikonic (unequal sizes)<br />

astigmatic<br />

bezel<br />

bulb<br />

—fluorescent<br />

—incandescent<br />

fresnel<br />

lamp<br />

light<br />

—beam<br />

—ray<br />

opaque<br />

parallax (change in<br />

direction)<br />

pellicle<br />

pellucid (clear)<br />

reflection<br />

refraction<br />

schlieren (streaks)<br />

translucent<br />

transmission<br />

transparent<br />

window<br />

10. Fluid<br />

accumulator<br />

afferent (to center)<br />

aspirator<br />

bellows<br />

bibb (valve)<br />

bung (hole or stopper)<br />

cock (valve)<br />

conduit<br />

confluent (flow together)<br />

connector<br />

convection<br />

cylinder<br />

—piston<br />

—rod<br />

dashpot<br />

diaphragm<br />

discharge<br />

dispenser<br />

efferent (away from center)<br />

filter<br />

fitting<br />

flue<br />

gasket<br />

hermetic<br />

hose<br />

hydraulic<br />

medium<br />

navicular (like boat)<br />

nozzle<br />

obturator (blocker)<br />

outlet<br />

pipe<br />

plunger<br />

poppet (axial valve)<br />

port<br />

—inlet<br />

—outlet<br />

pump<br />

—centrifugal<br />

—gear<br />

—piston<br />

—reservoir<br />

—seal<br />

—siphon<br />

—tank<br />

—vane<br />

sparge (spray)<br />

spud (short connecting pipe)<br />

sprue (vent tube)<br />

suctorial (sucking)<br />

sufflate (inflate)<br />

swash (channel barrier)<br />

trompe (water pipe blower)<br />

tube<br />

valve<br />

—ball<br />

—check<br />

—control<br />

—gate<br />

—shutoff<br />

wattle (intertwined wall)<br />

weir (dam)<br />

wicket (gate or door)<br />

11. Electronics<br />

adder<br />

amplifier<br />

astable<br />

capacitance<br />

clipping<br />

conductor<br />

contact<br />

control element<br />

demodulator<br />

diode<br />

electrode<br />

electromagnet<br />

filament<br />

flip flop<br />

gate (AND, OR, etc.)<br />

impedance

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