vertical silo other.— «Integrating related functions to break down artificial department walls and overcome the “vertical silo” syndrome.» —“Motorola’s Long March To The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality...
shearography n.— «In shearography, the part being tested is illuminated by an expanding laser beam, and its image is taken with an image-shearing camera.…Two images are taken. One image is made of the part in the undeformed state...
Finnegan pin n.— «Don’t pay any attention to any of that fun stuff. We’re here tomake Finnegan Pins; if they want fun, they can do it on their own time.» —by Merton R. Hubbard Choosing a Quality Control System Dec. 9, 1998...
socks and knocks n.pl.— «The seven criteria pollutants are carbon monoxide (CO); lead; sulphur dioxide (SOx) and nitrogen oxide (NOx) (often called “socks and knocks”).» —“Air Quality Regulation in...
qualoid n. a newspaper format roughly the size of a traditional tabloid, but with content similar to that of a broadsheet. Also adj. Etymological Note: quality + tab(l)oid (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
qualoid n.— «The roughly 18 1/2-by-12 1/2-inch size is also known as the “European midi” (France’s Le Monde uses it) or, really grimly, as “qualoid,” as in quality tabloid.» —“For U.S. newspapers, future may...