design philosophy

collocation in English

meaningsofdesignandphilosophy

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design
noun
uk
/dɪˈzaɪn/us
/dɪˈzaɪn/
a drawing or set of drawings showing how a building or product is to be made and how it will work ...
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philosophy
noun
uk
/fɪˈlɒs.ə.fi/us
/fɪˈlɑː.sə.fi/
the use of reason in understanding such things as the nature of the real world and existence, the use and limits of knowledge, and the principles of ...
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(Definition ofdesignandphilosophyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdesign philosophy

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The results of thisdesignphilosophyare instruments which work well within a specific class of interactions and their sounding responses.
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We should certainly never advocate adesignphilosophybased on dreams and self-hypnosis.
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As manufactured components, they were part of his overalldesignphilosophy.
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However, this ideal integrateddesignphilosophyis still not formally carried out in practice because of the lack of system-level support for mechatronics conceptual design.
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However, the overall integrateddesignphilosophyusing bond graphs can readily accommodate nonlinear systems.
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Thedesignphilosophyand formal design methodology have been demonstrated in the quarter-car suspension case study.
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Thedesignphilosophybehind the toolkit was to delineate domain-level problem-solving abilities from agent-level functionality.
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The findings obtained according to the program, underlie thedesignphilosophyand the construction of the fill station operating with 10 0 25 polymer shells at one time.
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Adesignphilosophywas that the user should always be able to halt the robot using a single click of a mouse button or equivalent input device.
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This corresponds to ourdesignphilosophywhich regards design as a process that step by step narrows the design space until the space of acceptable design solutions is reached.
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First, the competing consortiums have been informed that they will have to develop adesignphilosophyof the highest quality.
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It would be inappropriate for me to speculate on the purpose of particular aspects of the developer'sdesignphilosophy.
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For new platforms, the unions themselves are consulted about the initialdesignphilosophy.
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His objective in all his designs were to maintain his billiard tabledesignphilosophy.
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Centaurdesignphilosophywas always centered around sufficient performance for tasks that its target market demands.
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While it did succeed in making production easier, thisdesignphilosophyproduced many aerodynamic compromises in the design.
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Thisdesignphilosophywas most successful in action when the battlecruisers could use their speed to run down smaller and weaker ships.
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The alternatedesignphilosophyto the moped is the so-called "motor-assist" or "pedal-assist" bicycle.
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Airbus devised a three-pronged main undercarriagedesignphilosophyencompassing both four- and six-wheel bogies to ensure it can keep the pavement loading within limits.
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