Sunday, September 23, 2007

Zeroshift

Zeroshift or seamless-shift gearbox is a type of automotive transmission which allows for changing gear without interruption of torque to the driving roadwheels. The Zeroshift principle was invented by Bill Martin, the company Zeroshift Ltd is based in Milton Keynes, England.

Friday, September 21, 2007

Incunabulum

An incunabulum is a book, single sheet, or image that was printed — not handwritten — before the year 1501 in Europe. These are very rare and valuable items. The origin of the word is the Latin incunabula for "swaddling clothes", used by extension for the infancy or early stages of something. The first recorded use of incunabula as a printing term is in a pamphlet by Bernhard von Mallinckrodt, De ortu et progressu artis typographicae ("Of the rise and progress of the typographic art"), (Cologne, 1639), which includes the phrase prima typographicae incunabula, "the first infancy of printing", a term to which he arbitrarily set an end, 1500, which still stands as a convention. wiki

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Boffin

In the slang of the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, boffins are scientists, engineers, and other people who are stereotypically seen as engaged in technical or scientific research. The word conjures up a stereotype of mature men in thick spectacles and white lab coats, obsessively working with complicated apparatus. Alongside eccentric genius, portrayals of boffins usually highlight a naive ineptitude in social interaction.
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Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Preclude

To remove the possibility of doing something in advance. wiki

e.g. Being asleep at 8:15 AM precludes the possibility of getting to work by 8:30 AM.

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Geodesic

A geodesic is the shortest path between two points on a given surface.

e.g. a geodesic on a plane is a straight line, while a geodesic on a sphere is an arc on a great circle.

Monday, September 10, 2007

Unconscionable

Unscrupluous.

e.g. I told my mom that flying in an airplane is unconscionable due to it's affect on the environment.

Sunday, September 9, 2007

Presuppositionalism

A faith based christian belief that god exists and the bible is accurate and correct.

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Friday, September 7, 2007

Sunday, September 2, 2007

lordosis

  Lordosis is historically defined as an abnormal inward curvature of the lumbar spine.