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Medicine

premenstrual dysphoric disorder; PMDD

permanent magnet synchronous motor; PMSM; brushless electric motor

Computing

finite-state machine; FSM

airplane mode (setting on an electronic device); flight mode

continuously variable transmission; CVT

automated cargo spacecraft; unmanned resupply spacecraft

tunnel boring machine; TBM

3D printer

split-flap display

Proverb; From a tale about Mencius' mother admonishing him from leaving school early by cutting apart a cloth she was in the middle of weaving

(the lesson that) one should not leave things unfinished

government-backed institution; government sponsored enterprise; GSE

rotary electric motor

linear motor; linear induction motor

(short) layover; transit

government shutdown

Computing

machine-readable

wind turbine; wind motor

inorganic fiber; inorganic fibre

printing by machine (e.g. printing press); machine-printing

Linguistics

functional grammar

endangered world heritage site

organic thin-film solar cell; plastic solar cell

mechanical trouble; mechanical problem; mechanical issue

mechanical breakdown