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Hydraulics and pneumatics

Water resistant paint type

A woodworking tool with the cutting edge perpendicular to the handle

Device for measuring angles

Small container made of aluminum, typically for drinks

Android (robot)

Robot resembling a human

Archimedes' screw

A machine used to pump water into ditches

Astronomical instrument

Self-operating machine

Type of wedge tool

Central shaft for a rotating wheel or gear

Simple tool in the form of a non-rigid container

Farm machine for creating hay bales

Coupling alternative

Device for barbecueing or grilling

Scientific instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure

Container which is traditionally constructed from stiff fibres

Bearing (mechanical)

Mechanism to constrain relative movement to the desired motion and reduce friction

Belt (mechanical)

Method of connecting two rotating shafts or pulleys

Plumbing fixture or type of sink intended for washing the genitalia and anus of the human body

Blade Air Mobility

Aviation and transportation company

Block and tackle

System of two or more pulleys and a rope or cable

Closable cylindrical container for transport and storage of liquids and gases

Flexible cable used to transmit force

Simple knot used to form a fixed loop at the end of a rope

Type of container

Device to estimate blood alcohol concentration

Tool with bristles, used for cleaning, grooming, or applying liquid coatings

Tool to measure dimensions of an object

Messenger protein

Instrument for measuring heat

Part of a cam mechanism which contacts the cam

Capstan (nautical)

Rotating machine used to control or apply force to another element

Cavity magnetron

Device for generating microwaves

Device using centrifugal force to separate fluids

Series of connected links which are typically made of metal

Portable handheld power saw with a rotating chain

Tool for marking straight lines

Tool for cutting and carving

Tool used in surveying to measure horizontal angles

Appliance used for drying wet clothes

Mechanical device

Container for transport, laying out and the burial of a corpse

Combine harvester

Machine that harvests grain crops

Compass (drawing tool)

Drafting instrument for drawing arcs

Machine to increase pressure of gas by reducing its volume

Computer numerical control

Computer control of machine tools

Any receptacle for holding a product used in storage, packaging, and shipping

Machine used to harvest corn

Machine that separates cotton from seeds

Cotton pickers automate harvesting to maximize efficiency

Crane (machine)

Type of machine

Case used for transporting or storing goods

Hand tool used for pulling nails with leverage

Farm implement used for secondary tillage

Damper which resists motion via viscous friction

Lock without a spring mechanism

Type of internal combustion engine

Differential (mechanical device)

Type of simple planetary gear train

Disc tumbler lock

Finnish lock design

Machine that washes dishes automatically

Double fisherman's knot

Drafting machine

Machine used to draw

Desk used to produce technical drawings and architectural drawings

Cutting process that uses a drill bit to cut a hole of circular cross-section in solid materials

Upright supporting frame used for displaying and/or fixing something resting upon it

Machine that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy

Stove with an integrated electrical heating device to cook and bake

Electronic lock

Locking device which operates by means of electric current

Paint with a glossy finish that dries hard

Machine that converts one or more forms of energy into mechanical energy (of motion)

Packaging item, usually made of thin flat material

Epicyclic gearing

Consists of two gears mounted so that the center of one gear revolves around the center of the other

Piece of rubber or cloth, used to remove marks made with pen, pencil, chalk, or the like

Mechanism for regulating the speed of clocks

Hardware device that mechanically joins or affixes two or more objects together

Tool used to measure gap widths

Figure-eight knot

Type of stopper knot used in sailing and climbing

Agricultural tool used for threshing

Cable for transmitting rotation in any direction

Toilet that disposes of human waste by using water to flush it

Mechanical device for storing rotational energy

Powered industrial truck

Four-bar linkage

Mechanical linkage consisting of four links connected by joints in a loop

Four-stroke engine

Internal combustion engine type

Template made from metal, wood or plastic composed of segments of smooth curves

Device used for heating buildings

Type of mechanical seal

Gear (disambiguation)

Topics referred to by the same term

Instrument used for measuring ionizing radiation

Pivoted support system

Angle measuring instrument

Surveying instrument used for angle measurements

Distance measuring device used for surveying

Hammer (disambiguation)

Topics referred to by the same term

Agricultural tool

Mechanical bearing that connects two solid objects, typically allowing only a limited angle of rotation between them

Agricultural tool

Machine for household uses

Object for hanging, fishing etc.

Hook (hand tool)

Hydraulic cylinder

Mechanical tool for applying force

Hydraulic machinery

Type of machine that uses liquid fluid power to perform work

Hydraulic manifold

Manifold regulating fluid flow in a hydraulic system

Hydraulic motor

Machine converting hydraulic pressure and flow into torque and rotation

Cyclic water pump powered by hydropower

Fluid engineering and fluid mechanics

Tilted flat supporting surface

Instrument used to measure the inclination of a surface relative to local gravity

Liquid or paste that contains pigments or dyes

Instrumentation

Device for measuring a physical quantity

Intermodal container

Standardized reusable steel box used for transporting goods

Internal combustion engine

Engine in which the combustion of a fuel occurs with an oxidizer in a combustion chamber

Process of removing wrinkles from fabric

Irrigation sprinkler

Method of irrigating lawns and crops

Mechanical lifting device

Physical system of two bodies connected to limit their relative movement

Method of fastening or securing linear material

Laser rangefinder

A range finding device that uses a laser beam to determine the distance to an object

Machine tool which rotates the work piece on its axis

A grass cutting device. Machine that uses one or more rotating blades to cut a lawn to an even height

Walking mechanism

Level (optical instrument)

Optical instrument used to establish or check points in the same horizontal plane

Graduated rod used to measure differences between heights

Simple machine consisting of a beam pivoted at a fixed hinge

Lever tumbler lock

Method of spatial measurement using laser

Lifting equipment

Equipment that can be used to lift and lower loads

Linkage (mechanical)

Assembly of bodies connected to manage forces and movement

Representation of pointers that prevents dangling pointer dereference

Type of broad and heavy knife

Powered mechanical device

Machine tool that changes the shape of a work piece by the application of pressure

Machine for handling or machining metal or other rigid materials

Major appliance

Large machine which accomplishes routine housekeeping

An Adze-like hand tool for chopping, digging, and prying especially for planting in hard ground

Mechanism (engineering)

Device designed to transform input forces and movement into a desired set of output forces and movement

Very small devices that incorporate moving components

Material of connected strands of metal, fiber, or other flexible or ductile materials

Straightedge or folding ruler used to physically measure lengths

Mechanical objects that are fabricated in the same general manner as integrated circuits

Kitchen cooking appliance

Mill (grinding)

Device that breaks solid materials into smaller pieces by grinding, crushing, or cutting

Milling (machining)

Removal of material from a workpiece using rotating tools

Any of a group of malleable substances used in building and sculpting

Nail (fastener)

Sharp object of hard metal used as a fastener

Type of power tool

Nanoelectromechanical systems

Devices integrating electrical and mechanical functionality on the nanoscale

Original use of the word 'cable'; a length of three or more ropes, woven against the weave of the ropes, rendering it virtually waterproof, and of a certain length

Object comprised of fibers woven in a grid-like structure

Type of fastener with a threaded hole

Instrument that indicates distance traveled by a vehicle

Optical spectrometer

Instrument to measure the properties of visible light

Enclosed chamber for heating objects

Pigment applied over a surface that dries as a solid film

Bag made out of paper

Cup mostly made of paper or card

Art medium consisting of powdered pigment in the form of a stick

Topics referred to by the same term

Writing implement

Pencil sharpener

Device for sharpening a pencil's writing point by shaving away its worn surface

Internal combustion engine designed to run on gasoline

Scientific instrument

Colored material

Pin tumbler lock

Pipe (fluid conveyance)

Tubular section or hollow cylinder

Moving component of reciprocating engines that is contained by a cylinder and is made gas-tight by piston rings

Pistonless rotary engine

Internal combustion engine

Agricultural tool

Tool for working with wood

Topics referred to by the same term

Type of container made of thin, flexible, plastic film, nonwoven fabric, or plastic textile

Tool with two legs, can fix or modify a workpiece

Tool or farm implement

Weighted line used as a vertical reference

Systems for conveying fluids

Branch of engineering

Machine used in the shaping of round ceramic ware

Pressure vessel

A container designed to hold gases or liquids at a pressure substantially different from the ambient pressure

Device that transmits rotational power into linear thrust on a fluid

Wheel to support movement and change of direction of a taut cable

Device that imparts energy to the fluids by mechanical action

Rack and pinion

Type of linear actuator

Agricultural tool used for moving soil or other material

Ratchet (device)

Mechanical device that allows continuous linear or rotary motion in only one direction

Digital audio workstation

Harvesting machine

Reciprocating engine

Engine utilising one or more reciprocating pistons.

Household or industrial appliance for preserving food at a low temperature

Aim markings in optical devices, e.g. crosshairs

Permanent mechanical fastener

Pneumatic hand tool

Machine capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically

Type of mechanical arm with similar functions to a human arm

Design, construction, use, and application of robots

Rod end bearing

Mechanical articulating joint

Roller (agricultural tool)

Agricultural tool used for flattening land or breaking up large clumps of soil

Linear combination of plies, yarns or strands which are twisted or braided together

An instrument used to measure distances or to draw straight lines

Saw (disambiguation)

Topics referred to by the same term

Hand-operated cutting instrument

Type of fastener characterized by a thread wrapped around a cylinder core

Screw mechanism

Mechanism that converts rotational motion to linear motion, and a torque (rotational force) to a linear force; one of the six classical simple machines

Agricultural hand tool for mowing grass or reaping crops

An agricultural tool

Instrument that records seismic waves by measuring ground motions

Machine used to stitch fabric

Irrigation tool

Mechanical or hydraulic device designed to absorb and damp shock impulse

Tool for digging, lifting, and moving bulk materials

Single-handed agricultural tool

Tool for separation of solid materials by particle size

Mechanical device that changes the direction or magnitude of a force

Bowl-shaped plumbing fixture

Device involving the flow of liquids through tubes

Key able to unlock multiple warded locks

Used to measure spectral components of light

Speed gauge in motor vehicles

Tool to indicate whether a surface is level or plumb

Spring (device)

Elastic object that stores mechanical energy

A toilet used by squatting

Rangefinding crosshairs in a surveying instrument

Type of optical rangefinder

Heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid

Steel and tin cans

Sealed container for storage of foods

Device that burns fuel to heat items or a space

Surveyor's wheel

Distance-measuring device

Harvesting machine

Flexible ruler used to measure size or distance

Part of an internal combustion engine that actuates a poppet valve through rocker arms and pushrods

Optical surveying instrument

Device to measure temperature

Threshing machine

Agricultural machine

Instrument designed to measure very small changes from the vertical level

Piece of hardware for the collection or disposal of human excreta

Hinged attachment to toilet bowl, round and open

Tool (disambiguation)

Topics referred to by the same term

Topographic Abney level

Surveying instrument

Tool used to precisely apply a specific torque to a fastener such as a nut or bolt

Electro-optical instrument used in surveying and building construction

Type of agricultural machine

Technical drawing instrument

Two-stroke engine

Internal combustion engine type

Ultracentrifuge

Centrifuge for spinning a rotor at very high speeds

Sanitary fixture for urination

Device that sucks up dust and dirt from floors

Equipment producing low air pressure

Valve Corporation

American video game company

Transparent hard protective finish or film

Auxiliary scale of a measurement device, used to increase precision

Combustion engine using an eccentric rotary design

Washer (hardware)

Thin plate with a hole, normally used to distribute the load of a threaded fastener

Washing machine

Machine that washes clothes automatically

Water container

Mechanical device; triangular shaped tool; portable inclined plane; one of the six classical simple machines

A circular item that rotates about an axle bearing, often used for transport.

Machine consisting of a wheel attached to a smaller axle

Whippletree (mechanism)

Mechanism to distribute force evenly through linkages

Device used to pull in or let out a rope or cable

Apparatus for moving heavy weights, consisting of a horizontal cylinder (barrel) rotated by the turn of a crank or belt; a winch is affixed to one end, and a cable is wound around the winch, pulling a weight attached to the opposite end

Rope made from wire

Box made of wood

Tool used to provide grip and mechanical advantage