Inventors at Work: vocab

excel

• to do well; to be better or greater than others

• to honor, to regard with respect

• to rise above or beyond, exceed

• a powered rail vehicle used for pulling trains

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

revere

• a machine that reproduces sound (music) by placing a needle in contact with a grooved rotating disk; a record player

• to rise above or beyond, exceed

• to honor, to regard with respect

• a powered rail vehicle used for pulling trains

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

transcend

• a powered rail vehicle used for pulling trains

• to make a series of explosive noises

• brilliant; giving off heat or light

• to rise above or beyond, exceed

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

locomotive

• a powered rail vehicle used for pulling trains

• a complete failure

• licenses that give an inventor the exclusive right to make, use, or sell an invention for a set period of time

• to make a short,loud burst of sound moving slowly

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

phonograph

• a machine that reproduces sound (music) by placing a needle in contact with a grooved rotating disk; a record player

• to make a series of explosive noises

• to honor, to regard with respect

• to do well; to be better or greater than others

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

sputtered

• the power unit of an engine; the chamber where a vehicle's gasoline is burned and turned into power

• licenses that give an inventor the exclusive right to make, use, or sell an invention for a set period of time

• A mechanical contrivance or device; any ingenious article

• to make a series of explosive noises

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

flop

• a powered rail vehicle used for pulling trains

• to rise above or beyond, exceed

• a complete failure

• brilliant; giving off heat or light

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

incandescent

• licenses that give an inventor the exclusive right to make, use, or sell an invention for a set period of time

• brilliant; giving off heat or light

• to make a short, loud burst of sound moving slowly

• to make a series of explosive noises

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

cylinder

• the power unit of an engine; the chamber where a vehicle's gasoline is burned and turned into power

• to do well; to be better or greater than others

• to rise above or beyond, exceed

• to honor, to regard with respect

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Patents

• to make a short, loud burst of sound moving slowly

• the power unit of an engine; the chamber where a vehicle's gasoline is burned and turned into power

• brilliant; giving off heat or light

• licenses that give an inventor the exclusive right to make, use, or sell an invention for a set period of time

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C