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2018 IEEE Taxonomy
The IEEE Taxonomy comprises the first three hierarchical 'levels' under each term-family (or
branch) that is formed from the top-most terms of the IEEE Thesaurus. In this document these
term-families are arranged alphabetically and denoted by boldface type. Each term family's
hierarchy goes to no more than three sublevels, denoted by indents (in groups of four dots)
preceding the next level terms. A term can appear in more than one hierarchical branch and
can appear more than once in any particular hierarchy. The IEEE Taxonomy is defined in this
way so that it is always a subset of the 2018 IEEE Thesaurus.
........Labeling ............Pistons
........Multichip modules ............Pressure vessels
........Plastic packaging ............Seals
........Wrapping ............Springs
....Paper technology ............Steering systems
....Production ............Structural shapes
........Ball milling ............Suspensions
........Compression molding ............Tires
........Embossing ............Vents
........Food products ............Wheels
............Dairy products ........Process planning
............Fats ............Business process integration
............Sugar ............Business process management
........Group technology ............Cause effect analysis
........Injection molding ........Production control
........Materials processing ............Continuous production
............Annealing ............Lot sizing
............Bleaching ............Optimized production technology
............Casting ............Scheduling
............Coatings ........Production engineering
............Curing ............Production planning
............Etching ........Production equipment
............Heat treatment ............Applicators
............Joining processes ............Clamps
............Lamination ............Cutting tools
............Machining ............Fixtures
............Melt processing ............Machine tools
............Plasma materials processing ............Mining equipment
............Plating ............Molding equipment
............Pressing ............Packaging machines
............Punching ............Paper making machines
............Refining ............Polishing machines
............Shearing ............Soldering equipment
............Smelting ........Production facilities
............Softening ............Foundries
............Swaging ............Greenhouses
........Mechanical products ............Industrial plants
............Automotive components ............Machine shops
............Axles ............Paper mills
............Bellows ........Production management
............Blades ............Control charts
............Brakes ............Inventory management
............Couplings ............Lead time reduction
............Fasteners ............Logistics
............Flanges ............Process planning
............Gears ............Production planning
............Hoses ........Production materials
............Machine components ............Abrasives
............Mechanical guides ............Aerospace materials
............Needles ............Automotive materials
............Orifices ............Inhibitors
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........Impedance ........Anthropometry
........Impedance matching ........Area measurement
............Baluns ........Atmospheric measurements
........Inductance ........Atomic measurements
........Permittivity ........Biomedical measurement
........Piezoresistance ............Biomarkers
........Q-factor ............Biomedical monitoring
........Resistance ............Electroencephalography
............Electric resistance ............Electromyography
............Piezoresistance ............Electrooculography
............Surface resistance ............Electrophysiology
............Thermal resistance ............Photoplethysmography
............Viscosity ............Reproducibility of results
........Voltage ............Sensitivity and specificity
............Breakdown voltage ........Calorimetry
............Dynamic voltage scaling ........Coordinate measuring machines
............Threshold voltage ........Density measurement
............Voltage fluctuations ............Hydrometers
........Wiring ........Distance measurement
....High energy physics instrumentation ............Euclidean distance
computing ........Distortion measurement
........Linear particle accelerator ............Total harmonic distortion
....Instruments ........Doppler measurement
........Compass ........Dosimetry
........Medical instruments ........Dynamic range
........Meters ........Electric variables measurement
............Dynamometers ............Admittance measurement
............Flowmeters ............Ammeters
............Goniometers ............Attenuation measurement
............Potentiometers ............Capacitance measurement
............Radiometers ............Conductivity measurement
............Tachometers ............Current measurement
............Vibrometers ............Dielectric measurement
............Voltmeters ............Electrical resistance measurement
............Watthour meters ............Electrostatic measurements
............Wattmeters ............Energy measurement
........Microscopy ............Impedance measurement
............Atomic force microscopy ............Inductance measurement
............Electron microscopy ............Partial discharge measurement
............Scanning microwave microscopy ............Phasor measurement units
............Scanning probe microscopy ............Power measurement
........Oscilloscopes ............Q measurement
........Pressure gauges ............Transmission line measurements
........Probes ............Voltage measurement
........Telescopes ........Electromagnetic measurements
........Theodolites ............Electromagnetic modeling
........Tuners ............Linearity
....Measurement ............Microwave measurement
........Accelerometers ............Millimeter wave measurements
........Acoustic measurements ............Parameter extraction
........Antenna measurements ............Polarimetry
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....Compounds ........Ceramics
........Bismuth compounds ............Porcelain
........Gallium compounds ........Composite materials
............Aluminum gallium nitride ............Cermet
............Gallium arsenide ........Conducting materials
............Gallium nitride ............Electrolytes
............Indium gallium arsenide ........Corrosion inhibitors
............Indium gallium nitride ........Crystalline materials
........Indium compounds ............Martensite
............Indium gallium arsenide ............Nanocrystals
............Indium tin oxide ............Superlattices
........Inorganic compounds ........Crystals
........Lead compounds ............Colloidal crystals
........Organic compounds ............Crystal microstructure
............Carbon compounds ............Crystallography
............Organic semiconductors ............Grain boundaries
............Volatile organic compounds ............Grain size
........Silicon compounds ............Liquid crystals
............Silicides ........Dielectric materials
............Silicon carbide ............Dielectric films
............Silicon nitride ............Dielectric liquids
....Material storage ............Electrets
........Bulk storage ............Epoxy resins
........Containers ............High-k dielectric materials
............Freight containers ............Piezoelectric materials
........Fuel storage ........Films
........Secure storage ............Conductive films
........Stacking ............Dielectric films
........Storage automation ............Epitaxial layers
........Warehousing ............Ferrimagnetic films
........Water storage ............Ferrite films
............Reservoirs ............Garnet films
....Materials ............Magnetic films
........Acoustic materials ............Optical films
........Additives ............Piezoelectric films
........Aggregates ............Plastic films
........Amorphous materials ............Polymer films
............Diamond-like carbon ............Semiconductor films
............Glass ............Thick films
........Auxetic materials ............Thin films
........Biological materials ........Fluids
........Biomedical materials ............Ferrofluid
............Bioceramics ............Fluid dynamics
............Biomembranes ............Gases
........Building materials ............Hydraulic fluids
............Asphalt ............Liquids
............Concrete ............Viscosity
............Floors ........Hazardous materials
............Mortar ........Inorganic materials
............Tiles ........Lacquers
............Windows ........Laminates
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............C-band ....Nanopositioning
............K-band ....Nanoscale devices
............L-band ........Nanocontacts
........Microwave circuits ........Nanotube devices
........Microwave communication ........Proteotronics
............Rectennas ....Nanosensors
........Microwave devices ....Nanostructured materials
............Masers ........Nanocomposites
............Microwave amplifiers ........Nanoporous materials
............Microwave filters ....Nanostructures
............Microwave transistors ........Nanoparticles
........Microwave generation ............Magnetic nanoparticles
............High power microwave generation ............Nanocrystals
........Microwave photonics ........Nanoribbons
........Microwave sensors ........Nanotubes
....Millimeter wave technology ............Carbon nanotubes
........Millimeter wave circuits ............Semiconductor nanotubes
............Millimeter wave integrated circuits ........Nanowires
........Millimeter wave devices ........Semiconductor nanostructures
............Millimeter wave transistors ....Self-assembly
........Millimeter wave integrated circuits ........Electrostatic self-assembly
............MIMICs ....Self-replicating machines
........Millimeter wave radar
....Submillimeter wave technology Nuclear and plasma sciences
........Submillimeter wave circuits
............Submillimeter wave integrated ....Biomedical applications of radiation
circuits ....Colliding beam devices
........Submillimeter wave communication ........Colliding beam accelerators
........Submillimeter wave devices ........Muon colliders
............Submillimeter wave filters ....Electron emission
........Submillimeter wave integrated circuits ........Ballistic transport
............Electronic ballasts
Nanotechnology ....Elementary particles
........Charge carriers
....Bionanotechnology ............Charge carrier density
....Casimir effect ............Charge carrier lifetime
....Molecular computing ............Charge carrier mobility
....Molecular electronics ............Charge carrier processes
....Nanobioscience ............Hot carriers
........DNA computing ........Electrons
........Nanobiotechnology ............Electron sources
....Nanoelectromechanical systems ............Quantum wells
....Nanoelectronics ............Trions
........Junctionless nanowire transistors ........Elementary particle exchange
....Nanofabrication interactions
....Nanofluidics ........Elementary particle vacuum
....Nanolithography ........Ions
....Nanomaterials ............Ion sources
....Nanopatterning ............Ionization
........Colloidal lithography ........Mesons
....Nanophotonics ........Neutrino sources
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....Automotive engineering
........Automotive applications
........Automotive electronics
........Power steering
........Vehicle crash testing
........Vehicle detection
........Vehicle driving
........Vehicle dynamics
........Vehicle safety