9781422270011

WORDS TO UNDERSTAND

advanced manufacturing: a manufacturing process that seeks to increase efficiency and the quality of products, reduce the risk of human error by automating processes (when possible), increase flexibility and responsiveness to market demands, and meet other goals feasibility: the degree of being easily or conveniently done infrastructure: in relation to the construction industry, the systems of a city, region, or nation, such as communication, sewage, water, transportation, bridges, dams, and electric professional association: an organization that is founded by a group of people who have the same career—such as engineers, professional hackers, or scientists—or who work in the same industry specialty (eg, space, information technology, health care) yield: the final amount of an agricultural or industrial product after harvest or production is completed

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