{"id":699,"date":"2020-11-02T19:19:27","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T19:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.minco.com\/?p=699"},"modified":"2023-12-12T17:57:01","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T17:57:01","slug":"mincos-glossary-explains-it-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.minco.com\/mincos-glossary-explains-it-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Minco\u2019s Glossary Explains It All"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By John Baichtal<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no doubt about it, the engineering world is rife with obscure jargon and technical terminology. Even engineers might scratch their heads if it\u2019s a term from outside their specialty. Not only are a lot of these terms simply unfamiliar, sometimes a word means one thing in one industry and something else altogether in a different one. Here\u2019s an example:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Bobbin<\/strong>: A thin, flat form or a small, cylindrical form used to hold wire windings. 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