ASTMDICTIONARYOFENGINEERINGSCIENCE&TECHNOLOGYSponsoredbyASTMCommitteeE02onTerminologyINTERNATIONAL2005TenthEditionASTMStockNumber:DEF05ASTMINTERNATIONAL•100BARRHARBORDRIVE,POBOXC700,WESTCONSHOHOCKEN,PA19428-2959TEL:610-832-9500•FAX:610-832-9555•EMAIL:service@astm.org•WEBSITE:www.astm.orgDirector:VerniceA.MayerManager:PaulaC.Fazio-FluehrEditorialStaffEditors:SusanA.ArendtSeanJ.BaileyNicoleC.BaldiniErinK.McElroneMatthewA.OlceseKathleenA.PetersJessicaL.RosiakDavidA.TerrusoEmilieA.WhealenJulieWrightPublishingAssistantCoordinator:NicholasFurcolaLibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData:ASTMdictionaryofengineeringscience&technology/sponsoredbyASTMCommitteeE02onTerminology.--10thed.p.cm."Stock#:DEF05."ISBN0-8031-4246-31.Materials--Dictionaries.2.Materials--Testing--Dictionaries.I.ASTMCommitteeE02onTerminology.TA402.A862005620.1'103--dc222005029871Copyright©2005ASTMIntemational,WestConshohocken,PA.Prioreditioncopyrighted2000andearlier,bytheAmericanSocietyforTestingandMaterials.Allrightsreserved.Thismaterialmaynotbereproducedorcopied,inwholeorinpart,inanyprinted,mechanical,electronic,film,orotherdistributionandstoragemedia,withoutthewrittenconsentofthepublisher.ORDERINFORMATION:Additionalcopiesofthisbookinprintorreprints(singleormultiplecopies)ofindividualstandardsmaybeobtainedbycontactingASTMInternationalatthepreviouslyreferencedaddressorat610-832-9585(phone),610-832-9555(fax),service@astm.org(email),orthroughwww.astm.org(website).PhotocopyRightsAuthorizationtophotocopyitemsforinternal,personal,oreducationalclassroomuse,ortheinternal,personal,oreducationalclassroomuseofspecificclients,isgrantedbyASTMInternationalprovidedthattheappropriatefeeispaidtotheCopyrightClearanceCenter,222RosewoodDrive,Danvers,MA01923,Tel:978-750-8400;online:http://www.copyright.conl/PrintedinMayfield,PANovember2005FOREWORDCommitteeE02onTerminologypresentstheTenthEditionoftheASTMDictionaryofEngineeringScience&Technology.ThisvolumeallowsthereadertoreferenceterminologydevelopedbyvariousAST...
