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duty cycle
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Not a doodie cycle, but a duty cycle. Episode 48 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phra...

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  • Added: Dec 06, 2017
  • Length: 04:51
  • Purchases: 1
dross
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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This podcast is aiming to avoid being aural dross. This is episode 42 of the Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating...

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  • Added: Oct 24, 2017
  • Length: 03:21
  • Purchases: 1
detent
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Let's have a détente over detents.

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  • Added: Oct 18, 2017
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 1
sparging
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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If only we could be sparging all our troubles away...

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  • Added: Oct 04, 2017
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 1
autoclave
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Will your device design withstand repeated autoclaving?

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  • Added: Sep 30, 2017
  • Length: 04:17
  • Purchases: 1
solder
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Why doesn't solder rhyme with older?

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  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 02:46
  • Purchases: 1
circumscribe
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Trying not to talk in circles here.

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  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 04:13
  • Purchases: 1
orthogonal
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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I'm orthogonal, and I've never felt so right.

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  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 04:01
  • Purchases: 1
inclinometer
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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A tool for pirates navigating the oceans, and more, yarrr...

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  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 1
Kelvin
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Discussing this scale to measure average kinetic energy of matter.

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  • Added: Sep 25, 2017
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 1
autogyro
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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How is an autogyro different from a helicopter?

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  • Added: Sep 25, 2017
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 1
adiabatic
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Compare and contrast: "adiabatic" versus "a diabetic"?

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  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 02:44
  • Purchases: 1
salamander - word of the day
From: Charles Hodgson
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The story behind the word "salamander"

  • Added: Nov 24, 2006
  • Length: 02:45

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