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Technical Graphics and Drawing Terms, Quizzes of Mechanical Engineering

This description defines terms related to technical graphics and drawing, including graphics, technical drawings, geometry, artistic drawing, conventions, standards, visualization, design engineer, design, mass, balance, contract, color, concurrent engineering, intranets, internet, e-business, product, vertices, visualization skills, motor skills, edges, faces, limiting element, traditional tools, straightedge, protractor, triangles, erasing shield, irregular or french curve, scales, combination scale, architect's scale, mechanical engineer scale, metric scale, drawing instrument set, compass, divider, templates, mechanical pencil, media, technical sketching, proportions, construction lines, precedence of lines, miter line, lettering guides, title block, guide lines, freehand sketching tools, gothic lettering, point, locus, line, parallel lines, nonparallel lines, intersecting lines, tangent, curved lines, parabola, perpendicular line, inscribed circle, circle, square, rectangle, polyg

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engineer
DEFINITION 1
An engineer is a professional practitioner of engineering,
concerned with applying scientific knowledge, mathematics
and ingenuity to develop solutions for technical problems.
TERM 2
technologists
DEFINITION 2
An engineering technologist, also called engologist or
ingologist, is a specialist devoted to the implementation of
existing technology within a field of engineering.
TERM 3
Mathematics
DEFINITION 3
Mathematics is the study of quantity, structure, space, and
change.
TERM 4
graphics
DEFINITION 4
a mode of communication using geometrical representations
TERM 5
technical drawings
DEFINITION 5
A specialized type of graphics used to communicate
technical information
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engineer

An engineer is a professional practitioner of engineering, concerned with applying scientific knowledge, mathematics and ingenuity to develop solutions for technical problems. TERM 2

technologists

DEFINITION 2 An engineering technologist, also called engologist or ingologist, is a specialist devoted to the implementation of existing technology within a field of engineering. TERM 3

Mathematics

DEFINITION 3 Mathematics is the study of quantity, structure, space, and change. TERM 4

graphics

DEFINITION 4 a mode of communication using geometrical representations TERM 5

technical drawings

DEFINITION 5 A specialized type of graphics used to communicate technical information

geometry

Geometry (; "earth", "measurement") "Earth-measuring" is a branch of mathematics concerned with questions of shape, size, relative position of figures, and the properties of space. TERM 7

artistic drawing

DEFINITION 7 a type of drawing used to express aesthetic, philosophical and abstract ideas TERM 8

conventions

DEFINITION 8 commonly accepted practices rules or methods TERM 9

standards

DEFINITION 9 sets of rules that allow for the clear communication of technical ideas by governing how parts are made and represented in technical drawings TERM 10

visualization

DEFINITION 10 the process of mentally understanding visul information

unity

equalitity in products TERM 17

style

DEFINITION 17 formation of how something is done TERM 18

space

DEFINITION 18 Space is the boundless, three-dimensional extent in which objects and events occur and have relative position and direction. TERM 19

mass

DEFINITION 19 In physics, mass (from ) commonly refers to any of three properties of matter, which have been shown experimentally to be equivalent: TERM 20

balance

DEFINITION 20 proportional equivalence

contract

A contract is a legally enforceable agreement between two or more parties with mutual obligations. TERM 22

color

DEFINITION 22 Color or colour (see spelling differences) is the visual perceptual property corresponding in humans to the categories called red, green, blue and others. TERM 23

engineering design

DEFINITION 23 The engineering design process is a formulation of a plan or scheme to assist an engineer in creating a product. TERM 24

product design

DEFINITION 24 Product design is concerned with the efficient and effective generation and development of ideas through a process that leads to new products. TERM 25

system design

DEFINITION 25 Systems design is the process or art of defining the architecture, components, modules, interfaces, and data for a system to satisfy specified requirements.

internet

The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP) to serve billions of users worldwide. TERM 32

e-buisness

DEFINITION 32 Electronic business, commonly referred to as "eBusiness" or "e-business", may be defined as the application of information and communication technologies (ICT) in support of all the activities of business. TERM 33

process

DEFINITION 33 Process or processing typically describes the act of taking something through an established and usually routine set of procedures to convert it from one form to another, as a manufacturing or administrative procedure, such as processing milk into cheese, or processing paperwork to grant a mortgage loan, or converting computer data from one form to another. TERM 34

product

DEFINITION 34 The result of the process. Usually a part that can be used. TERM 35

vertices

DEFINITION 35 Point where the angle starts

visualization skills

learning to see things with your mind without actually having it in front of you TERM 37

motor skills

DEFINITION 37 A motor skill is a learned sequence of movements that combine to produce a smooth, efficient action in order to master a particular task. TERM 38

edges

DEFINITION 38 line where to sides meet TERM 39

faces

DEFINITION 39 a distinct planar or curved surface or region on an object TERM 40

limiting element

DEFINITION 40 the boundary of the projection of an object

irregular or french curve

multi curved tool used to create irregular curves TERM 47

scales

DEFINITION 47 a measuring tool used to calculate distances on a technical drawing TERM 48

combination scale

DEFINITION 48 a combination of architect's and engineers scale TERM 49

architect's scale

DEFINITION 49 An architect's scale is a specialized ruler. TERM 50

mechanical engineer scale

DEFINITION 50 scale that breaks inches down into tenths instead of fractions

metric scale

scla that is used in metric drawings with si units instead of standard units of measurments TERM 52

drawing instrument

set

DEFINITION 52 set of tools used to help create technical drawings TERM 53

compass

DEFINITION 53 used to create circles at a certian radius TERM 54

divider

DEFINITION 54 used to transfer dimensions from one line to another TERM 55

templates

DEFINITION 55 cutouts of exact shapes to help draw certain objects

precedence of lines

A convention describing the order of priority of different linestyles TERM 62

miter line

DEFINITION 62 a 45 degree line that is used to transfer dimensions from the top view to the side view TERM 63

lettering guides

DEFINITION 63 guides used to help your letting turn out straight and uniform TERM 64

title

block

DEFINITION 64 section of blocks used to convey information relationg to the product that is being drawn TERM 65

guide lines

DEFINITION 65 lines that help keep text uniform and equal size

freehand sketching tools

pencil paper and a scale TERM 67

gothic lettering

DEFINITION 67 lettering used by drafters, is in all caps TERM 68

point

DEFINITION 68 a place in space TERM 69

locus

DEFINITION 69 a graphic element representing all possible allowable locations of a point TERM 70

line

DEFINITION 70 a geometric element that connects two points in space

parabola

In mathematics, the parabola (plural parabolae or parabolas, , from the Greek -) is a conic section, the intersection of a right circular conical surface and a plane parallel to a generating straight line of that surface. TERM 77

perpendicular line

DEFINITION 77 In geometry, two lines or planes (or a line and a plane), are considered perpendicular (or orthogonal) to each other if they form congruent adjacent angles (a T-shape). TERM 78

circumference

DEFINITION 78 The circumference is the distance around a closed curve. TERM 79

radius

DEFINITION 79 In classical geometry, a radius of a circle or sphere is any line segment from its center to its perimeter. TERM 80

semicircle

DEFINITION 80 In mathematics (more specifically geometry), a semicircle is a two-dimensional geometric shape that forms half of a circle.

concentric circle

Concentric objects share the same center, axis or origin with one inside the other. TERM 82

circumscribed circle

DEFINITION 82 In geometry, the circumscribed circle or circumcircle of a polygon is a circle which passes through all the vertices of the polygon. TERM 83

inscribed circle

DEFINITION 83 In geometry, the incircle or inscribed circle of a triangle is the largest circle contained in the triangle; it touches (is tangent to) the three sides. TERM 84

circle

DEFINITION 84 A circle is a simple shape of Euclidean geometry consisting of those points in a plane which are equidistant from a given point called the centre (or center; cf. TERM 85

ogee curve

DEFINITION 85 An ogee (pronounced or ) is a curve, shaped somewhat like an S, consisting of two arcs that curve in opposite senses, so that the ends are parallel.

obtuse angle

An angle that measures greater than 90 degrees TERM 92

complementary angle

DEFINITION 92 A pair of angles are complementary if the sum of their measures is 90 degrees. TERM 93

supplementary angle

DEFINITION 93 Supplementary angles are pairs of angles whose measures add up to 180 degrees. TERM 94

square

DEFINITION 94 A square (geometry) is a polygon with four equal sides and angles. TERM 95

rectangle

DEFINITION 95 In Euclidean plane geometry, a rectangle is any quadrilateral with four right angles.

polygon

In geometry a polygon () is traditionally a plane figure that is bounded by a closed path or circuit, composed of a finite sequence of straight line segments (i.e., by a closed polygonal chain). TERM 97

triangle

DEFINITION 97 A triangle is one of the basic shapes of geometry: a polygon with three corners or vertices and three sides or edges which are line segments. TERM 98

pentagon

DEFINITION 98 In geometry, a pentagon From the Greek number 5 (pente) is any five-sided polygon. TERM 99

hexagon

DEFINITION 99 In geometry, a hexagon is a polygon with six edges and six vertices. TERM 100

parallel projection

DEFINITION 100 Parallel projections have lines of projection that are parallel both in reality and in the projection plane.