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Appendix C: Word Usages
Pages 53-54

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... To methodically apply science and engineering principles so as to convert ideas into useful products. The stages of design range from developing requirements.
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... Knowledge bases The accumulated intuition, past experience, empirical data, and/or data extrapolations on which engineering designs are primarily based. Almost all industrial processes were developed by these means.
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