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Jan Comfort
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comforj@clemson.edu (864) 656-5168

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The Automation, Systems, and Instrumentation Dictionary   Comprehensive coverage of the entire range of terms in the automation, systems, and instrumentation fields, as well as references to relevant ISA and IEC standards.

ASTM Dictionary of Engineering Science and Technology   This 10th edition includes over 7,000 new terms and all 29,000 standard definitions referenced in all ASTM standards.

Combined Chemical Dictionary (CRC Press)  

Structured database containing descriptive and numerical data on the chemical, physical, and biological properties of compounds. Includes organic, inorganic, and organometallic compounds as well as natural products, currently marketed drugs, important biochemicals and minerals, and more

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Computer Science & Communications Dictionary   computer science, communications technology, networking, supporting protocols, and the Internet

Dictionary of Agricultural and Environmental Science (2003)   Includes many biological, chemical, and health terms that are important for a full understanding of the subject fields

Dictionary of Ceramics   2,000 terms covering engineering ceramics, electroceramics, whiteware processes and environmental legislation

Dictionary of Communications Technology   includes specifications, definitions, characteristics, options, relay diagrams, paths, alignments, sources, codes, events, tables, sequences, tradenames, and methods

Dictionary of Engineering Terms   terms in the areas of engineering science, electrical and electronic engineering, workshop practices and mechanical engineering

Focal Dictionary of Telecommunications   telecommunications terms, definitions and acronyms

Newnes Dictionary of Electronics   electronics definitions, acronyms, and abbreviations

Oxford Dictionaries of Earth & Environmental Sciences   Includes A Dictionary of Earth Sciences, The Oxford Companion to the Earth, A Dictionary of Ecology, A Dictionary of Environment and Conservation, and more. Can search within an individual book or across the subject area.

Oxford Dictionaries of Physical Sciences and Mathematics
  dictionaries of astronomy, chemistry, mathematics, physics, and scientists

 

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