Mechanical Engineering: Vocabulary Quiz

converter

pulley

tappet

crane

load

blocks

floats

outriggers

jib

pulley blocks

hook

loadsor

jib

pulley blocks

loadsor

hook

repulsion

torque

strain

vector

something physical such as a force that has size and direction

consisting of or having the form of a picture or pictures

a small sail in the shape of a triangle, positioned in front of the main sail on a boat

to put something into a liquid for a short time

rain in very small, light drops

a pool of liquid on the ground or floor, formed by filling up the holes in uneven surfaces

to drop a few pieces or drops of something over a surface

very small pieces of coloured sugar or chocolate used as a decoration on the top of cakes

flick

fling

swing

sling

slope

tip over

stip

tilt

a group of people, especially one that meets regularly for aparticular purpose, such as government, or, more generally, theprocess of coming together, or the state of being together

a framework (= basic structure) that something such as a sculpture isbuilt onto

a substance that allows heat or electricity to go through it

a part of an electrical circuit designed to produce a particular amountof resistance to the flow of current