Vocabulary

to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to

colour rendering index (color)

colour rendering property (color)

elbow; gooseneck; rainspout

skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good

ban (from accessing a website, network service, etc.); blocking access

Brocken spectre; Brocken bow

erythema infectiosum; slapped cheek syndrome; fifth disease

Pele's tears (tearlike drops of volcanic glass)

actual working conditions; field conditions

bonding temperature (for diffusion bonding); welding temperature (for diffusion welding); junction temperature (of a semiconductor)

(cooling) fan

escape valve; release valve; relief valve

collateralized debt obligation; CDO

survival instinct

measurement limit; measurement limitation; measuring limit

detection threshold

luminous sensitivity

losing pitcher

to suffer a loss (usu. in sport)

winning pitcher

poor writing; bad writing; rambling prose

(optics) radiance; sterance; radiant sterance

general colour rendering index (color)

special colour rendering index (color)

nitridization; nitriding

zinc selenide

forward voltage (e.g. of a semiconductor)

forward voltage drop (e.g. in a semiconductor)

suicide divers (part of the Japanese Special Attack Units during WWII)

quaternary material (e.g. semiconductor)

ternary material (e.g. semiconductor)

epitaxial growth; epitaxy

vapor-phase epitaxial growth; vapor-phase epitaxy; VPE

vapor phase epitaxy; VPE; vapor phase epitaxial growth

liquid phase epitaxial growth; liquid phase epitaxy; LPE

atomic layer epitaxy; ALE; atomic layer deposition; ALD

lantern hanging from the eaves of a temple or shrine

fractional anisotropy; FA

flame of an oil lamp