Glossary E

In an industrial or industry context, "equivalent" refers to something that is equal in value, function, or quality to another item or component. The term is often used to describe a product or component that can be used as a substitute for another item, typically due to a shortage, compatibility issue, or cost advantage.

Deutsch: Effizienz / Español: Eficiencia / Português: Eficiência / Français: Efficacité / Italiano: Efficienza /

Efficiency is the (often measurable) ability to avoid wasting materials, energy, efforts, money, and time in doing something or in producing a desired result. In a more general sense, it is the ability to do things well, successfully, and without waste.

Deutsch: Ecke / Español: Edge / Português: Edge (desambiguação) / Français: Edge / Italiano: Edge

In the industrial and industry context, "edge" can refer to various physical features or edges of materials, products, or components used in various applications. The term "edge" is often used to describe the outermost boundary of a surface or object, as well as its geometric shape and form.

In an industrial and manufacturing context, "ethyl" often refers to ethyl alcohol or ethanol, a colorless, volatile, and flammable liquid that is widely used as a solvent, fuel, and raw material in various industrial processes.

Deutsch: Austausch / Italiano: Scambio

In an industrial context, "exchange" refers to the process of exchanging goods, services, or financial assets between individuals or organizations. The exchange industry encompasses the trading, clearance, and settlement of various assets and products, including securities, commodities, currencies, and derivatives.

Deutsch: Erde / Español: Tierra / Português: Terra / Français: Terre / Italiano: Terra

Earth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets. It is sometimes referred to as the world or the Blue Planet.

Enginehouse pertains to a building in which locomotives are serviced - repaired or cleaned, and/or stored.

Deutsch: Ingenieurwissenschaften / Español: Ingeniería / Português: Engenharia / Français: Ingênierie / Italiano: Ingegneria
Engineering is the application of scientific, economic, social, and practical knowledge in order to design, build, and maintain structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes. It may encompass using insights to conceive, model and scale an appropriate solution to a problem or objective. The discipline of engineering is extremely broad, and encompasses a range of more specialized fields of engineering, each with a more specific emphasis on particular areas of technology and types of application.