Dictionary
The dictionary includes entries of both approved and unapproved words. The approved words can only be used according to their specified meaning. For example, the word "close" can only be used in one of two meanings:
- To move together, or to move to a position that stops or prevents materials from going in or out.
- To operate a circuit breaker to make an electrical circuit.
The verb can be used to express "close a door" or "close a circuit", but it cannot be used in other senses (for example "to close the meeting" or "to close a business"). The adjective "close" appears in the Dictionary as an unapproved word with the suggested approved alternative "near". So STE does not allow "do not go close to the landing gear", but it does allow "do not go near the landing gear". In addition to the basic STE vocabulary listed in the Dictionary, Section 1, Words, gives explicit guidelines for adding Technical Names and Technical Verbs that writers need to describe technical information. For example, words such as "overhead panel", "grease", "propeller", "to ream", and "to drill" are not listed in the Dictionary, but they qualify as approved terms under the guidelines listed in Part 1, Section 1 (specifically, Writing Rules 1.5 and 1.10).
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