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NPD
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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New year, new Engineering Word Of The Day. Or in this case, new acronym of the day, standing for "new product development". This is Episode 50 of E...

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  • Added: Jan 02, 2018
  • Length: 05:07
  • Purchases: 1
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
dogfooding
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Grow, make, and eat your own dogfood -- I mean products. Episode 47 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or f...

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  • Added: Nov 28, 2017
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 1
normal
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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This is not normal. This is episode 45 of a series about engineering vocabulary, phrases, acronyms, jargon, and slang.

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  • Added: Nov 21, 2017
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 1
upskill
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Upskill your team without killing the mood. This is episode 45 of a series about engineering vocabulary, phrases, acronyms, jargon, and slang.

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  • Added: Nov 13, 2017
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 1
kanban
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Organize your to-do list efficiently! This is episode 44 of a series about engineering vocabulary, phrases, acronyms, jargon, and slang.

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  • Added: Nov 06, 2017
  • Length: 04:46
  • Purchases: 1
LaTeX
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Keep your hands clean when you write professional publications. This is episode 43 of the Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorit...

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  • Added: Oct 31, 2017
  • Length: 05:07
  • 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
freeboard
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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It's not a power ballad by Lynyrd Skynyrd, and it's not a burrito chain. What is it? The question floods me with curiosity.

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  • Added: Oct 08, 2017
  • Length: 03:56
  • 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
CSS
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Discussing a cascade of styles all over the sheets.

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  • Added: Sep 27, 2017
  • Length: 02:55
  • Purchases: 1
azeotrope
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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And a heliotrope used to describe a flower that turns toward the sun.

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  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 03:27
  • 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
APLHGR
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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One who hugs apples? Or average planar linear heat generation rate?

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  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 04:11
  • Purchases: 1
isomer
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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How are isomers like ice cream?

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  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 04:15
  • Purchases: 1
OEM
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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It's the OG OEM.

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  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 03:24
  • 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
blue sky
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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It's customer-centered design versus blue sky design. Who will win?

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  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 04:05
  • Purchases: 1
ephemerides
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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When astronomical data becomes hard to pronounce.

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  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 04:46
  • Purchases: 1
viscoelasticity
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Sia's new music video for "Viscoelastic Heart" is pretty weird.

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  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 04:41
  • 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
operator
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Not just telephone operators, folks!

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  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 03:48
  • Purchases: 1