snozzle
A reinforced firefighting nozzle used to pierce the exterior skin of an aircraft and spray water or firefighting foam inside the aircraft to help extinguish a fire.
Entries starting with S
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sny
nounManufacturing
Upward curving observed in the planks of a wooden ship or boat.
SOA
Initialism of semiconductor optical amplifier (“a device that amplifies an optical signal directly”)
soak
To hold a kiln at a particular temperature for a given period of time.
soam
A short rope used to pull the tram in a coal-mine.
soap off
To rinse fabric with hot water to remove dye that has not fixed to the surface of the fabric.
SOB
Initialism of souls on board.
SOC
Initialism of system on a chip.
sock
nounManufacturing
A knitted or woven covering for the foot.
socket
An opening into which a plug or other connecting part is designed to fit (e.g. a light bulb socket).
sodbuster plough
A type of plough specifically designed to break up tough, sod-like soil on the prairies, particularly in the American Midwest.
SODIMM
Acronym of small-outline dual-inline memory module.
sodium adsorption ratio
A water quality parameter used for managing sodium-affected soil.
soffietta
A tool consisting of a metal tube, often swan necked, attached to a conical nozzle. The nozzle is used to block the mouth of a glass vessel so that it can be further inflated by blowing into the tube.
SOFIA
Acronym of Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, a telescope atop a Boeing 747SP aircraft with an effective diameter of 2.5 meters at altitudes up to 13.7 kilometers.
soft error
A type of transient error where a signal or datum is momentarily wrong, caused for example by an ionizing particle striking a chip.
soft key
A button, located along a display device, which performs whatever function is shown near it on the display.
soft landing
A landing that does not result in the destruction of the payload or the vehicle.
softroader
nounAutomotive
A unibody crossover SUV or vehicle designed for daily driving, light off-roading, and inclement weather, rather than extreme, technical terrain.
software defined radio
A radio that creates and receives radio signals through software controlled DSPs (digital signal processors) with ADCs (analog-to-digital converters) and DACs (digital-to-analog converters).
softwood
The tree or tree species that yields this wood.
SOHO
Initialism of Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (A spacecraft of the ESA and NASA).
soil fertility
The ability of a soil to sustain plant growth.
soil stack
A sanitation pipe that penetrates the roof used to vent toilet fixtures.
soiled
adjectiveAgricultural equipment
Having a specific or particular type of soil.
solar generator
A battery box, capable of providing power in amounts like a generator. It is not a generator, not generating any electricity from fuel, merely storing power previously charged in the unit. The power stored in the unit does not necessarily need to be provided by solar panels, mains power can also be used to charge the unit, or any other electricity source. Input power may also be streamed directly as output power.
solar power
The conversion of energy from sunlight into electricity, either directly using photovoltaics, indirectly using concentrated solar power, or a combination of the two.
solar sail
A sail-like structure on a spacecraft consisting of very large ultrathin mirrors, with propulsion being achieved by the radiation pressure of light from a star or laser.
solarize
To treat soil by covering with plastic and exposing to sunlight.
solder mask
A thin lacquer-like layer of polymer that is usually applied to the copper traces of a printed circuit board for protection against oxidation and to prevent solder bridges from forming between closely spaced solder pads.
sole
The seat or bottom of a mine; applied to horizontal veins or lodes.
solenoid
An electromechanical switch controlled by a solenoid; solenoid switch, relay.
solid
Not having the lines separated by leads; not open.
solid model
nounManufacturing
A type of computer model (of a physical object) that is defined geometrically as consisting of virtual 3D solid shapes rather than as other geometric forms (such as lines and points alone, wireframes, pixels, or voxels).
solid rocket
A rocket engine (rocket motor) that uses a solid propellant that, when combusted, generates gases which are used for rocket propulsion.
solid-state
adjectiveEnergy and utilities
Of an electronic component, based upon semiconductors, as distinct from older technologies such as vacuum tubes.
solid-state battery
An electrical battery that uses a solid electrolyte to conduct ions between the electrodes, instead of the liquid or gel polymer electrolytes found in conventional batteries.
solion
An electrochemical device of the 1950s, intended to replace the transistor in certain situations, and using ions rather than electrons to carry electrical charge.
sollar
A platform in a shaft, especially one of those between the series of ladders in a shaft.
somersault signal
nounRail equipment
A semaphore railway signal that is pivoted in the centre of its arm.
sonar
Artificial echolocation by use of electronic equipment, with hydrophones to locate objects underwater, using the same wave-analysis principles that radar uses.
sonic boom
The audible effect of a shock wave in the air, especially one caused by an aircraft flying faster than the speed of sound.
sonotube
nounConstruction
A tube of compressed fibre into which wet concrete is poured in order to make columns or pillars
SOP
nounConstruction
Initialism of setting-out point.
sorbitization
nounMetallurgy
The process of sorbitizing, especially in the hardening of metal by interrupted quenching.
sorbitize
verbMetallurgy
To convert into a form containing sorbite.
SORN
nounAutomotive
Acronym of statutory off-road notification.
sortie
An operational flight carried out by a single military aircraft.
soufflé
adjectiveIndustrial ceramics
Decorated with very small drops or sprinkles of colour, as if blown from a bellows.
sound card
A computer hardware device used for generating and capturing sounds.
soundboard
A mixing console used to combine and blend different audio sources to a single output.
sounding rocket
A suborbital rocket used to launch upper atmosphere, exoatmospheric, and microgravity sondes or probes.
souped-up
Of an engine, a motor vehicle, etc.: modified for higher performance.
source
The name of one terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
south pole
The negative pole of a magnetic dipole that seeks geographic south.
southbridge
A secondary microchip connected to the CPU only through the northbridge.
space charge
The localized excess electric charge in a specific volume; especially such a negative charge
space line
A thin piece of metal used to open the lines of type to a regular distance from each other, and for other purposes; a lead.
space medicine
The branch of medicine that deals with the effects of space travel on human beings
space out
To increase the white space between letters, words or lines.