Engineering Design Vocab Flashcards

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Constraint

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A restriction on the degree of freedom one has in providing a solution to a problem or challenge.

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Engineering Design Loop

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A specific and iterative set of steps that engineers use to evaluate and refine potential solutions to problems or challenges.

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Iterative

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Characterized by or involving repetition.

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Requirement

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What a particular product or service should do.

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Code

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A set of mandatory minimum standards or rules.

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Patent

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An official document given by a state or government that allows exclusive right or privilege to an inventor for a specified period of time.

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Standard

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Something set up and established as a rule for the measure of quantity, weight, extent, value, or quality.

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Brainstorming

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A team creativity activity with the purpose to generate a large number of potential solutions to a design challenge.

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Computer-Aided Design

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The use of computer technology for the design of objects.

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Engineering Analysis

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The breaking down of an object, system or problem, into its basic parts to understand its essential features and their relationships to each other and to outside elements.