Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The application of scientific and mathematical principles to practical ends such as the design, manufacture, and operation of efficient and economical structures, machines, processes, and systems.
- n. The profession of or the work performed by an engineer.
- n. Skillful maneuvering or direction: geopolitical engineering; social engineering.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The art of constructing and using engines or machines; the art of executing civil or military works which require a special knowledge or use of machinery, or of the principles of mechanics. Abbreviated engineering
- n. Careful management; manœuvering.
Wiktionary
- v. present participle of engineer.
- n. the application of science to the needs of humanity
- n. the work of an engineer
- n. the profession in which a knowledge of the mathematical and natural sciences gained by study, experience, and practice is applied with judgment to develop ways to use economically the materials and forces of nature for the benefit of mankind.
- n. the area aboard a ship where the engine is located
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Originally, the art of managing engines; in its modern and extended sense, the art and science by which the properties of matter are made useful to man, whether in structures, machines, chemical substances, or living organisms; the occupation and work of an engineer. In the modern sense, the application of mathematics or systematic knowledge beyond the routine skills of practise, for the design of any complex system which performs useful functions, may be considered as engineering, including such abstract tasks as designing software (software engineering).
WordNet 3.0
- n. the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems
- n. a room (as on a ship) in which the engine is located
- n. the practical application of science to commerce or industry
Etymologies
- engineer + -ing (Wiktionary)
Examples
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“That doesn't sound like engineering at all, so you should have truly excellent reasons for saying engineering is responsible for an approach that leaves out two critical steps in engineering as we know it.”
“After earning a bachelor of science degree in engineering from the University of Michigan, Page decided to concentrate on computer engineering at Stanford University, where he met Sergey Brin.”
“He received a bachelor's degree in engineering from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1968 and a master's degree in structural engineering from California State University at North Ridge in 1973.”
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“BA and MA in engineering from the University of Illinois at CU, as well as a connection with T. Boone Pickets, and many notices in the India Times.”
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“As it stands, going from a BS to a PhD in engineering is a money-losing proposition.”
“Such protein engineering is also of importance in modern biotechnology and drug design.”
“A native of Fredericton and a graduate in engineering from the University of New Brunswick (which recently conferred an honorary doctorate in science on him) he has spent all his working life with the Canadian General Electric Company.”
“Except for United States 'Army Aero Service during World War I, Mr. Gordon has been identified with the transit industry since his degree in engineering from the University of Illinois in 1912.”
“I do not believe the term engineering should be merged with Engineer.”
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EU Buzz - single words (1+2+3)
1. Strictly EU terms with special European meaning used only in the EU
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2. Keywords central to the understanding of the EU (people working for the EU are usually able to give thematic...acceleration, action, additionality, administrator, agenda, agricultural, agri-environmental, agriflation, agri-food, applicant, approach, assent and 1325 more...
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Various words
Words that some students had difficulty pronouncing.
components, corruption, culture, development, diversify, dreams, engineering, essential, establish, focus, hierarchy, identify and 13 more...
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Erins
erin, Erin, erinaceous, engineering, Erinyes, covering, helicoptering, Erin go Bragh, hemosiderin, inelastic scattering, pioneering, Kaiserin and 31 more...
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--eering
a listing with a suffix that makes ears ring and eardrums roil
engineering, cheering, sheering, pioneering, steering, orienteering, westeering, volunteering, northeering, southeering, veering, reveering and 79 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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Spelling Bee list 2011
Abalone, ablution, absolution, aboriginally, abstemious, academician, acclamation, accommodation, acculturation, acetic, acetone, acme and 590 more...
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Prosie: The Launch of the Mauretania ...
by John Maxtone-Graham. Tons of interesting-sounding words, half of which I cannot comprehend on their own, but which together conjure an unmistakable image of naval architecture and shipyard activ...
keel, hull, admiralty, moulding loft, frame-bender, berth, stern, shell plating, tons, mill, fitted, rivet marks and 132 more...
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molecule, atom, electron, particle, nuclear, carbon, engineering, test tube, experiments, organism, germ, cell and 8 more...
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Dammit Jim, I'm a doctor, not a wordie
Thanks for the title chained-bear
tribble, romulus, defiant, enterprise, ds9, cardassian, ferengi, runabout, starfleet, starfleet academy, prime directive, borg and 65 more...
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