Glossary of engineering: M–Z

This glossary of engineering terms is a list of definitions about the major concepts of engineering. Please see the bottom of the page for glossaries of specific fields of engineering.

M
Macaulay's method: Mach number: Machine: Machine code: Machine element: Machine learning: Maclaurin series: Magnetic field: Magnetism: Manufacturing engineering: Mass balance: Mass density: Mass moment of inertia: Mass number: Mass spectrometry: Material failure theory: Material properties: Materials science: Mathematical optimization: Mathematical physics: Mathematics: Matrix: Matter: Maximum-distortion energy theory: Maximum-normal-stress theory: Maximum shear stress: Maxwell's equations: Mean: Measure of central tendency: Mechanical advantage: Mechanical engineering: Mechanical filter: Mechanical wave: Mechanics: Mechanism: Median: Melting: Melting point: Meson: Metallic bonding: Middle-out: Mid-range: Midhinge:

Mining engineering: Miller indices: Mobile robot: Mode: Modulus of elasticity: Mohr's circle: Molality:

Molar attenuation coefficient:

Molar concentration: Molar mass: Molding: Molecule: Molecular physics: Moment of inertia: Multibody system: Multidisciplinary design optimization: Mutual inductance: Muon:

N
Nanoengineering: Nanotechnology: Navier–Stokes equations: Neutrino: Newtonian fluid: Norton's theorem: Nozzle: nth root: Nuclear binding energy: Nuclear engineering: Nuclear fusion: Nuclear physics: Nuclear potential energy: Nuclear power:

O
Ohm: Ohm's law: Optics: Organic chemistry: Osmosis:

P
Parallel circuit: Parity (mathematics): Parity (physics): Paramagnetism: Particle accelerator: Particle displacement: Particle physics: Pascal's law: Pendulum: Petroleum engineering: pH: Phase (matter): Phase (waves): Phase diagram: Phase rule: Photon: Physical chemistry: Physical quantity: Physics: Planck constant: Plasma (physics): Plasticity: Pneumatics: Point estimation: Polyphase system: Power (electric): Power (physics): Power factor: Pressure: Probability: Probability distribution: Probability theory:

Process:

Pulley: Pump:

Q
Quantum electrodynamics: Quantum field theory: Quantum mechanics:

R
Regelation: Relative density: Relative velocity: Reliability engineering: Resistivity: Resistor: Reynolds number: Rheology: Rigid body: Robonaut: Robot-assisted surgery: Robotics: Root mean square: Root-mean-square speed: Rotational energy:

Rotational speed:

S
Safe failure fraction (SFF): Safety data sheet: Sanitary engineering: Saturated compound: Scalar (mathematics): Scalar (physics): Scalar multiplication: Screw: Series circuit: Servo: Servomechanism: Shadow matter: Shear flow: Shear strength: Shear stress: Shortwave radiation: SI units: Signal processing: Simple machine: Siphon: Solid mechanics: Solid-state physics: Solid solution strengthening: Solubility: Solubility equilibrium: Sound: Special relativity: Specific heat: Specific gravity: Specific volume: Specific weight: Spontaneous combustion: Stagnation pressure: Standard electrode potential: State of matter: Statics: Statistics: Steam table: Stefan–Boltzmann law: Stewart platform: Stiffness: Stoichiometry: Strain: Strain hardening: Strength of materials: Stress: Stress–strain analysis: Stress–strain curve: Structural analysis: Structural load: Sublimation: Subsumption architecture: Surface tension: Superconductivity: Superhard material: Supersaturation:

T
Tangential acceleration: Technical standard: Temperature: Tempering (metallurgy): Tensile force: Tensile modulus: Tensile strength: Tensile testing: Tension member: Thermal conduction: Thermal equilibrium: Thermal radiation: Thermodynamics: Theory of relativity: Thévenin's theorem: Three-phase electric power: Torque: Torsional vibration: Toughness: Trajectory: Transducer: Transformer: Trigonometric functions: Trigonometry: Trimean: Triple point: Trouton's rule:

Truncated mean: Truss: Turbine: Turbomachinery: Turbulence:

U
Ultimate tensile strength: Uncertainty principle: Unicode: Unit vector: Unsaturated compound: Upthrust: Utility frequency:

V
Vacuole: Vacuum: Valence: Valence band: Valence bond theory: Valence electron: Valence shell: Valve: van der Waals equation: van der Waals force: van 't Hoff equation: van 't Hoff factor: Variable capacitor: Variable resistor: Vector space: Venturi effect: Vibration: Virtual leak: Viscoelasticity: Viscosity: Volt-ampere: Volt-ampere reactive: Volta potential: Voltage: Volumetric flow rate: von Mises yield criterion:

W
Watt: Wave: Wavelength: Wedge: Weighted arithmetic mean: Wet-bulb temperature: Wheel and axle: Winsorized mean: Work hardening:

X-Z
X-axis: Y-axis: Yield: Young's modulus: Z-axis: Zero defects: Zero force member: Zeroth law of thermodynamics: