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EA n |
Electronic Arts Inc. |
each alternate |
every second |
to earn v |
to gain, to get |
to ease v |
to facilitate, to make easier |
to eclipse v |
to throw into the shade by surpassing, to overshadow |
ECU n |
engine control unit |
edge n |
a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object |
edgy adj |
exciting, having one's nerves on edge (getting nervous about what might happen) |
to edit v |
1. to revise and prepare for publication by means of correcting, adapting, selecting, and eliminating 2. to revise and prepare sth by means of correcting, adapting, selecting, and eliminating |
to be effective v |
to be in force, or valid |
effectiveness n |
capability of producing the result that was wanted/intended |
electrical harness n |
a bundle of cables serving as the electrical/communications backbone of a system |
to eliminate v |
1. to get rid of 2. to get rid of or remove sth |
to emphasize v |
to stress, to point out, to focus on |
to employ v |
to use |
employee n |
a worker who is hired to perform a job, a wage worker; opposite: employer |
to empower v |
to enable or permit |
empty adj |
holding or containing nothing; blank |
to enable v |
to allow, to switch on, to authorise |
to encode v |
to convert data into a given format |
to encompass v |
1. to include, to cover 2. to include |
to encounter v |
to meet, to come across |
to encourage v |
to contribute to the progress or growth of sth |
the other end of the spectrum n |
the other extreme |
to endeavour v |
to try, to attempt |
endeavour (BE) / endeavor (AE) n |
effort, enterprise, attempt |
engrossing adj |
exciting, absorbing, spellbinding |
to enhance v |
to improve |
enhancement n |
improvement |
ENOVIA n |
Enterprise InNOvation VIA, a PLM application for decision support and lifecycle management |
entire adj |
whole |
entity n |
corporate body; legal person |
epitome n |
a standard or typical example |
equal(s) sign '=' n |
In spreadsheet formulas, the equal sign has a special meaning. It doesn't mean 'is equal to' or 'equals' or 'makes', but it indicates that the following expression is a formula and not text. |
equation n |
an expression of the condition of equality between two algebraic quantities or sets of quantities, the sign = being placed between them; as a binomial equation, a quadratic equation, an algebraic equation, an exponential equation, a logarithmic equation, a differential equation, etc. |
equivalent n |
a thing or person equal to another in measure or value or force or effect or significance etc |
ergonomic adj |
of or relating to ergonomics |
ergonomics n |
the branch of engineering science in which biological science is used to study the relation between workers and their environments |
erratic adj |
likely to perform unpredictably |
to estimate sth v |
to form an idea of the cost, size, value etc. of sth, but without calculating it exactly |
EULA n |
end user licencing/licence agreement |
eventually adv |
finally, ultimately |
evolutionary adj |
developing step by step, not revolutionary |
to execute v |
to perform, to carry out, to complete, to run, to do |
exhaust n |
gases ejected from an engine as waste products |
expedient adj |
appropriate to a purpose; practical |
expertise n |
expert knowledge |
exploit n |
an attack on a computer by using a security flaw in the installed software as a backdoor for unauthorised access |
to expose v |
to make accessible |
expression n |
any piece of program code which, when (if) its execution terminates, returns a value, e.g. in an assignment statement (cf. above), the part at the right of the equals sign is an expression |
expressly (law) adv |
explicitly |
to extend v |
to make sth available and apply it |
extension n |
the capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects |
extensive adj |
complex and comprehensive |
extent n |
degree; measure; proportion |
to extract v |
to obtain, determine of calculate sth (eg information) from a source |
extranet n |
a Web site for customers rather than the general public |
to extrapolate v |
to estimate sth or form an opinion about sth, using the facts that you have now and that are valid for one situation and supposing they will be valid for the new one |
to extrude v |
to shape a body from a plane surface |
extrusion n |
the act or process of shaping a body from a surface |
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