2.14: Words that are Commonly Misspelled in Technical Writing
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| A | D | H | N | S |
| abrasive | data base | half-life | Newton's law | salinity |
| absorption | deposition | halogen | nucleation | seismic |
| aggregate | desiccant | hatchable | nucle | side band |
| Aleutian | diffraction | heat-treat | O | sinusoidal |
| algae | diffusion | histogram | opaque | solenoid |
| algorithm | discrete | histology | operable | solid state |
| alkali | dissymmetry | horsepower | optical | soluble |
| alkyl | divisible | hybridization | orogeny | space-time |
| analogous | Doppler effect | hydraulic | oscillation | spectrometer |
| angular | Doppler radar | hysteresis | P | spectroscopy |
| anomalous | drainage | I | parameter | steam-distilled |
| anomaly | E | in situ | peninsula | stochastic |
| aperture | ebullient | incandescent | permeability | strata |
| aquatic | ebullition | infinitesimal | Petri dish | stratigraphic |
| aqueous | eigenfunction | inflection | phosphorus | stratigraphy |
| aquifer | eigenvalue | infrared | photo-ionization | subsidence |
| asbestos | emission | interference | photocell | T |
| asymmetry | emissivity | isotropic | piezoelectric | terranes |
| B | end point | isotropism | Planck's constant | test tube |
| bandwidth | equilibrium | L | plateau | tidal |
| base line | equinox | least squares | polarization | tonnage |
| blackbody | evaporation | logarithm | polygon | tornadoes |
| brackish | eyepiece | luminance | polymerization | transit time |
| buoyancy | F | luminescence | porosity | transmissible |
| buoyant | facies change | luminescent | precipitation | transmissivity |
| C | Fahrenheit | luminosity | predominant | transmittance |
| capacitance | feedback | luminous | R | troposphere |
| Celsius | ferromagnetism | M | radiant | trough |
| cetacean | ferrous | manganese | radio frequency | typhoon |
| chromatography | filterable | mean life | radioactive | U |
| clear-cut | flow chart | measurable | radiocarbon | unionized |
| climatology | fluorescence | metallurgical | refractive | V |
| coaxial | fluorescent | metallurgy | resistant | valence |
| combustible | Fourier series | midpoint | resistivity | viscometer |
| condensation | Fresnel equations | monetar | retardance | viscosimeter |
| conductivity | G | reversible | viscosity | |
| configuration | geyser | rock salt | viscous | |
| corollary | glacial | visible | ||
| corrosion | gradient | W | ||
| crustacean | wave front | |||
| crustal | wave packet | |||
| crystalline | wave system | |||
| crystallography | wave theory | |||
| wavelength | ||||
| wettability | ||||
| X | ||||
| xenolith |
Self-Study
Word lists of additional commonly misspelled technical terms appear at these sites:
Extensive list of commonly misspelled technical terms
"A Short Guide to Technical Writing" page from the University of Utah