Derived from the content of the respected McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, Sixth Edition, each title provides thousands of definitions of words and phrases encountered in a specific discipline. All include:

* Pronunciation guide for every term;
* Acronyms, cross-references, and abbreviations;
* Appendices with conversion tables; listings of scientific, technical, and mathematical notation; tables of relevant; data; and more;
* A convenient, quick-find format.