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| Can you communicate mechanically? If you plan to hire a 3D model designer, use these physical mechanical design terminologies to express yourself more effectively in the English design language.
Structure: |
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| Annulus (ring) | cylinder | jaw | shoe |
| Apron | dasher (plunger, churn) | jib (crane arm) | shoulder |
| Arbor (shaft) | detent | lagging (support) | skeleton |
| arm | device | leg | sleeve |
| arm | die | lip | snorkel |
| band | disparate (dissimilar) | list (margin strip) | spar (pole support) |
| barrel | diversion | lobe | spline (projection on shaft) |
| bascale (seesaw) | doctor blade (scraper) | magazine | spoke |
| base | dog (holder) | mandrel (tapered axle) | sprag (spoke stop) |
| beam | drum | manifold | spur |
| cantilever | echelon (staggered line) | marginate (w/margin) | stanchion |
| belt | element | medium | station |
| bib | enclosure | member | stay |
| blade | fence (stop on tool) | mullion (dividing strip) | stem |
| blower | fillet (narrow strip) | nacelle (pod) | stent (stretcher) |
| board | fin | neck | step |
| body | finger | object | stepped |
| boom | finial | panel | stile (dividing strip) |
| boss (projection) | flange | particle | stop |
| bougie (body-insertion member) | fluke (triangular part) | partition | strake (ship plank) |
| boule (pear shaped) | flute (groove on shaft) | piece | strip |
| branch | frame | piston | strut |
| breech (back part) | frit (vitreous substance) | placket (slit in garment) | tang (shank, tool) |
| bellevile (taper washer) | frustrum (cut-off area) | platform | tine |
| billet (block of material) | furcate (branch) | plug | tip |
| canard (front wing) | futtock (curved ship timber) | pontoon | tongue |
| carriage | femoral | portion | trace (pivoted rod) |
| case | guage | post | tracery (scrolling) |
| chord | generatrix (path traced) | projection | track |
| cincture (encircling band) | gnomon (sundial upright) | purlin (horiz. rafter support) | trave (crossbar) |
| clew (sail part) | grommet | pylon (support) | truss |
| column | gudgeon (pivot) | rib | tuft |
| configuration | gusset (triangular insert) | ring | turret |
| container | handle | rod | tuyere (air pipe) |
| conveyor | head | sash (frame) | upright |
| cornice (horiz. top of structure) | header (base, support) | screed (guide strip) | volar (palm, sole) |
| cover | homologous | scroll | wall |
| cylinder | housing | sear (catch) | warp |
| diaphragm (membranous) | hub | substrate (underlying support) | woof (weft) |
| populated | hem | strike plate | pillow block |
| coining | jacket | shim | groung lug |
| drape plate | palate | predicate part | |
| Mounting and Fastening | |||
| attach | engage | universal joint | scarf (notched joint) |
| billet (tip of belt) | fay (join) | keeper | screw |
| bolt | ferrule (barrel) | key | seam |
| busing | ferruminate (attach,solder) | latch | seat |
| cable | fix | lock | secure |
| cleat (reinforcer) | gland (sliding holder) | lug | set |
| clevis (U-shaped pin) | guy wire | matrix | sliding |
| connection | harp (lamp shade support) | mount | solder |
| couple | hold | nail | springably |
| coupling | holder | nut | support |
| demountably | hook | pin | thrust |
| docking | imbricate (regular overlap) | ribband (holds ribs) | weld |
| dowel | joint | rivet | symbiotic |
| thread engagement | pillow block | ||
| Springs | |||
| air | compressed | compression | relaxed |
| bias | elastic | tension | resistent |
| bias element | expanded | leaf | springably |
| coil | helical | press | torsion |
| Numbers | |||
| argument | equation | modulo | rpower |
| compound | formula | multiplicand | product |
| difference | index | multiplicity | quotient |
| dividend | lemma | multiplier | tremainder |
| divisor | minuend | plurality | subtrahend |
| variable | |||
| Placement (relation) | |||
| adjacent | divided | meshing | sandwich |
| adhesion (dissimilar substance join) | edge | mesial (between) | section |
| aft | engaged | normal | slant |
| aligned | evert (inside out) | oblique | spacer |
| angle | extended | obtuse | staggered |
| aposition (facing) | external | offset | superimposed |
| array | face | open | supported |
| attached | fiducial (reference) | opposed | surface |
| axial | film | overlapping | surrounding |
| bottom | fore | parallel | symmetrical |
| close | horizontal | perpendicular | tilt |
| complementary | integral | positioned | top |
| cohesion (same substance join) | intermediate | projecting | vermier (9:10 gauge) |
| concentric | internal | prolapsed (out of place) | vertical |
| contiguous | interposed | proximal | |
| contracted | juxtaposed | reference | |
| course | layer | removable | |
| crest | located | resting | |
| disposed | lower | rim | |
| distal | mating | row | |
| Voids | |||
| aperture | filister (groove) | mortise (cut out) | slit |
| bore | foramen (opening) | nock (notch on arrow) | slot |
| cavity | fossa (depression) | notch | sulcus (groove) |
| chamber | gain (notch) | opening | ullage (lost liquid) |
| concavity | gap | orfice | via (path) |
| cutout | groove | passage | void |
| dimple | hole | placket (garment slit) | |
| duct | hollow | rabbet (groove) | |
| embrasure (slant opening) | intaglinated (engraved) | raceway | |
| engraved | lumen (bore of tube) | separation | |
| Shape | |||
| acclivity (slope) | crest | lozenge (diamond shaped) | spica (overlapping reverse spirals) |
| acicular (needle shaped) | crimp | mammilated (nippleshaped) | square |
| agonic (no angle) | crispate (curled) | notch | stamped |
| annular | cup | oblate (flattened) | striated (grooved or ridged) |
| anticline (peak) | cusp (projection) | oblong | swagged (flattened) |
| anticlastic | cylinder | ogive (pointed arch) | swale (depression) |
| arch | depression | orb (globe) | syncline (V-shaped) |
| arcuate | dihedral (two-faced) | oval | taper terminus (end) |
| barrel | direction | parabolic | tessellated (tiled) |
| bevel | disc | parallelogram | thill (horse joiner stake) |
| bifurcated (2 branches) | dome | plane | topology (amorphous) |
| bight (bend) | drawing (pulling out) | prolate (cigar-shaped) | tram (on wheels) |
| bucket | elliptical | rectangular | trefoil (three-leaved) |
| buckled | fairing (streamlined) | reticulated (grid-like) | triangular |
| chamfer (beveled) | fin | rhomboid (non-parallel sides) | trihedral (3-sided) |
| channel | flange | rhombus (not lozenge) | trough |
| circular | fold | round | tubular |
| coin | fork | salient (standing out) | tumescence (detumescence) |
| concave | fossa (groove) | serrated | turbinate (top/spiral shaped) |
| conical | fundus (base) | setaceous (bristle-like) | twist |
| convex | furcate (branched) | sheet | upset (distorted) |
| convoluted (curled in) | helical | shelf | vermiculate (worm-eaten) |
| corner (inside, outside) | hook | sinusoidal | volute (spiral) |
| corrugated | incurvate (curved in) | slab | wafer |
| clastic (detachable pieces) | inflection (a fold or diffraction) | spherical | web |
| egress (a way out) | ingress (entrance) | reciprocal (mirror) | wedge |
| line | xyresic (razor sharp) | ||
| Materials & Properties | |||
| adhesivive | flexible | pied (splotched) | shirred (gathered) |
| concrete | foraminous | plastic | smectic (cleaning) |
| cork | haptic (sense of touch) | porous | stratified (layered) |
| dappled (spotted) | humectant (moistener) | prill | strong |
| denier (gauge) | insulation | refractory | sturdy |
| dense | liquid | resilient | translucent |
| elastic | material | rigid | transparent |
| enlarged | metal | rubber | wood |
| fabric | nappy | sand | xerotic (dry) |
| fiber | opaque | screen | |
| Optics | |||
| astigmatic | fresnel | opaque | schlieren (streaks) |
| bezel | lamp | pellicle | translucent |
| bulb | light | pellucid (clear) | transmission |
| fluorescent | beam | reflection | transparent |
| incandescent | ray | refraction | window |
| Fluid Flow | |||
| accumulator | diaghragm | outlet | -vane |
| afferent (to center) | discharge | pipe | sparge (spray) |
| aspirator | dispenser | plunger | sprue (vent tube) |
| bellows | efferent (away from center) | port | tube |
| bibb (valve) | filter | -inlet | valve |
| bung (hole or stopper) | fitting | -outlet | -ball |
| cock (valve) | flue | pump | -check |
| conduit | gasket | -centrifugal | -control |
| connector | hose | -gear | -gate |
| convection | hydraulic | -piston | -shutoff |
| cylinder | medium | -reservoir | wattle (intertwined wall) |
| -piston | navicular (like boat) | -seal | weir (dam) |
| -rod | nozzle | -siphon | wicket (gate or door) |
| dashpot | obturator (blocker) | -tank | |
| Electronics | |||
| adder | flip flop | motor | Shottky diode |
| amplifier | gate (AND, OR, etc.) | multiplier | socket |
| astable | impedance | multivibrator | solenoid |
| capacitance | inductance | oscillator | switch |
| clipping | insulator | pixel (CRT spot) | terminal |
| conductor | integrated circuit | power supply | thermistor |
| contact | laser | raster | transformer |
| control element | lead | read-and-write memory | transistor |
| demodulator | light emitting diode | read-only memory | transformer |
| diode | line chord | resistance | transistor |
| electrode | liquid crystal | sampling | triode |
| electromagnet | maser | Schmitt trigger | valve |
| filament | memory | shift register | varistor |
| Movement | |||
| alternate | epicyclic (on circle) | machine | terminating |
| articulate (jointed) | extensible | meeting | toggle |
| avulsion (tear away) | extrude | nutate (to and fro) | torque |
| cam | grinding | pressing | traction |
| compression | impact | propelling | transverse |
| cyclic | inclined plane | pulverize | traversing |
| detent (click) | inertia | sagging | triturate (grind to powder) |
| downward | interval | sequacious (regular) | trochoid (roll on circle) |
| draft (pull) | lag | severing | urging |