8 July 2008 – The new online edition of the ASTM Dictionary of Engineering Science and Technology provides 76,000 terms contained in more than 12,000 ASTM standards. The definition of each term was written by technical experts in their field and reflects the sense in which that field uses the term.
The ASTM Online Dictionary of Engineering Science and Technology contains:
• Terms and definitions not commonly found in most dictionaries;
• Powerful interactive features;
• A listing of all of the ASTM standards that reference each term, as well as the ASTM
committee that developed the standard;
• Hot links from each standard designation to the full scope of the standard;
• Hot links from the ASTM committees to specific information on that committee; and
• Powerful searching tools—search by main committee, phrase, keyword, designation
number or alphabetically.
A one-year subscription to the ASTM Online Dictionary of Engineering Science and Technology (stock# DEFONLINE) is available for $199 from ASTM Customer Service. Contact: +1 610 832 9585, fax +1 610 832 9555, email service@astm.org, or online at www.astm.org.
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