Engineering: Defining Problems and Designing Solutions - Introductory

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  1. accuracy
    the quality of being near to the true value
  2. assembly
    the act of constructing something, as a piece of machinery
  3. brainstorm
    try to solve a problem by thinking intensely about it
  4. collaborate
    work together on a common enterprise or project
  5. component
    one of the individual parts making up a larger entity
  6. constraint
    a limitation or restriction
  7. control
    a standard against which other conditions can be compared
  8. criterion
    the ideal in terms of which something can be judged
  9. data
    a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn
  10. define
    decide upon or fix with certainty
  11. delimit
    determine the essential quality of
  12. designer
    someone who creates plans to be used in making something
  13. efficient
    being effective without wasting time, effort, or expense
  14. experiment
    the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation
  15. impact
    a forceful consequence; a strong effect
  16. interpretation
    an explanation that results from making sense of something
  17. model
    a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
  18. modeling
    the act of representing something
  19. open-ended
    without fixed limits or restrictions
  20. optimize
    make optimal; get the most out of; use best
  21. precision
    the quality of being exact
  22. problem
    a question raised for consideration or solution
  23. proposal
    something suggested, as a plan or assumption
  24. purpose
    an anticipated outcome that guides your planned actions
  25. qualitative
    involving distinguishing attributes
  26. quantitative
    expressible as an amount that can be measured
  27. reproducible
    capable of being reproduced
  28. simulation
    representing the real world by a computer program
  29. sketch
    preliminary drawing for later elaboration
  30. solution
    a method for solving a problem
  31. sustainable
    capable of being prolonged
  32. system
    a group of independent elements comprising a unified whole
  33. technology
    the practical application of science to commerce or industry
  34. tradeoff
    an exchange that occurs as a compromise
  35. trial
    the act of testing something
  36. variable
    a quantity that can assume any of a set of values
  37. viable
    capable of being done with means at hand
Created on Mon Feb 27 16:18:50 EST 2017 (updated Fri Apr 07 11:40:28 EDT 2017)

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