This second edition of the "McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Engineering" aims to provide a major revision of this trade edition of the engineering content in the "McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms" (based on the 6th edition). It covers the principal engineering fields and contains approximately 17,500 entries, each accompanied by a pronunciation guide. Coverage includes terms in the fields of: building construction; chemical engineering; civil engineering; control systems; design engineering; engineering acoustics; industrial engineering; information technology and computing; mechanical engineering; systems engineering; telecommunications; and themodynamics. The entries are supplemented by conversion tables, explanations of scientific, technical and mathematical notation, as well as tables of statistical and historical interest. The dictionary aims to allow the user to keep pace with the expanding language of technology and the proliferation of highly specialized terms and acronyms.