Item mechanical engineering glossary

Item Industrietechnik is a pioneer in building kit systems for industrial applications and a global market leader. The company provides a unique technical glossary covering mechanical engineering, workstations and material procurement which is useful for students and business people.

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What is the item glossary all about?

The item glossary offers a combination of technical terms for mechanical engineering and a specialized dictionary. The glossary is a useful tool for students who work with specialised texts in German and English. The item glossary is accessible to anyone for free and can be obtained as web version.

The item glossary contains an English-German technical dictionary including 26,000 keywords. It explains keywords which are used in mechanical engineering studies and also incorporates content from the “Dictionary of mechanical engineering & electrical engineering German-English” by Günter Glass.

Which topics are included?

The glossary is continuously being expanded and cross references for cognate disciplines are added. At the moment the glossary covers the following subjects: Electrical Engineering, Ergonomics, Manufacturing Processes, Materials Handling Technology, Construction, Mechanics, Mechatronics, Measurement Instrumentation, Sensor Technology and Automatic Control Engineering.

The glossary will be expanded with subjects such as Mechanics of Materials, Dynamics of Machines, Mathematics, Material Science and Lean Management/Lean Production in the near future.

Who can use the glossary?
The glossary is aimed at mechanical engineering students and mechanical engineers for the secure use of common technical terms. Through a combination of specialised dictionary, picture glossary and examples this glossary offers an innovative way to understand and use technical terms in the right way.

How to use the glossary?

You can access the glossary through the multilingual dictionary by entering a term into the search form. The system will then display a number of results including all entries listed in the dictionary. Keywords with a glossary entry will be marked with a “G”.

Item glossary – summary

• the tool provides technical terms in English and German and will be available in Spanish and Chinese in the near future
• includes a dictionary with 60,000 entries
• includes a glossary with 1,000 entries
• every glossary entry has been translated by specialized mechanical engineering translators
• the choice of entries for dictionary and glossary is geared to specialist literature for studies and reference books for the completed engineers
• about 20,000 examples for technical terms from the glossary and dictionary
• about 500 illustrations for glossary entries
• contains and extensive list of technical terms of the following topics Ergonomics, Manufacturing Processes, Materials Handling Technology, Construction, Mechanics, Mechatronics, Measurement Instrumentation, Sensor Technology and Automatic Control Engineering
• the following topics will be added to the glossary in the near future: Mechanics of Materials, Dynamics of Machines, Mathematics, Material Science and Lean Management/Lean Production

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