one of the crazy things about engineering is that there’s probably a name for everything

the seams that let plastic parts click together? probably a name for that. the process of making those seams? probably a name for that too. the industrial machine that forms those seams? there’s definitely a name for that thing. every individual part of that machine? names for those too. there are probably even verbs for what each of those parts does

every single mundane human-made object probably has like 4 or 5 names just to describe the object as a whole - let alone the sub-pieces of it. and it goes on forever

I bet there’s a name for the seam that goes above your toes in a sock. I bet there’s a name for those road barricade things that get filled up with water. I know there are names for both kinds of bollards

there’s probably a name for the part of the pen that you click, and the mechanism that lets it click. I bet there’s a name for the handle that you pull on a drawer

anyway idk I think about this a lot. so many names