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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A specification for the physical dimensions and configuration of a device or component.

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  • noun physics The ratio of the RMS value to the absolute mean of a sinusoidal wave (especially to that of an alternating current)
  • noun physics Any of several functions that describe the unknown internal state of a particle
  • noun physics The emissivity of a material
  • noun crystallography A function that describes the scattering power of an atom as function of the scattering angle
  • noun mechanics A factor describing the stress distribution of a body
  • noun The geometry of an object, especially in engineering design; configuration.

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