fluidics
- noun
- /fluˈɪdɪks/
- Specialized
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fluidos
- The workshop focused on the applications of fluidics in creating more efficient cooling systems for electronic devices.
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Boucher has made substantial contributions to diverse aspects of fluidics research while contributing imaginative ideas, sound judgment, and leadership qualities of the highest order in advancing standards in engineering education and the standing of engineering in the United Kingdom.
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The engineer designed a new system that utilizes fluidics to control the movement of the robotic arm.
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The designed world, especially industry and agriculture, uses fluidics extensively.
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In a middle school classroom, the science of fluidics was introduced using the rig.
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The two approaches to introducing fluidics into a middle school classroom cited above support and complement each other.
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The conference was organized under ASME's new Technology Seminar Series, which will address the emerging field of micro-fluidics in its next installment.
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Another way of bringing fluidics into the classroom is to introduce the students to a variety of pneumatically driven systems or subsystems using the concept of a pneumatic arm.
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In the bio-MEMS area, packaging involves an extra layer of complexity because devices may combine fluidics with optical and electronic detection, said Peterson of Cepheid.
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In modern technology, fluidics plays a crucial role in developing microchips that manage complex tasks efficiently.
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Etymology
Fluidics comes from fluid, from the Latin fluere meaning 'to flow', and the ending -ics, like in physics, which means 'the study of'. So, fluidics is the study and technology of things that 'flow', using liquids or gases to control machines and tiny devices like microchips.