engineering
English Edit
Etymology Edit
Pronunciation Edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɛn(d)ʒɪˈnɪə.ɹɪŋ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɛn.d͡ʒɪˈnɪ(ə)ɹ.ɪŋ/
Audio (US) (file)
Verb Edit
engineering
- present participle and gerund of engineer
Noun Edit
engineering (usually uncountable, plural engineerings)
- (uncountable) The application of mathematics and the physical sciences to the needs of humanity and the development of technology.
- 2014 June 14, “It's a gas”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8891:
- One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.
- The area aboard a ship where the engine is located.
- Actions controling the motion, shape, and/or substance of any physical object(s).
- Designates office area of the professional engineering staff.
Hyponyms Edit
- aerospace engineering
- chemical engineering
- civil engineering
- climate engineering
- computer engineering
- conceptual engineering
- control engineering
- earthquake engineering
- electrical engineering
- engineering sample
- engineering society
- engineering strain
- engineering stress
- financial engineering
- genetic engineering
- geoengineering
- geotechnical engineering
- hydraulic engineering
- industrial engineering
- information engineering
- manufacturing engineering
- mechanical engineering
- mechatronics engineering
- memetic engineering
- mining engineering
- molecular engineering
- municipal engineering
- ocean engineering
- ontology engineering
- planetary engineering
- protein engineering
- re-engineering
- retro-engineering
- reverse engineering
- sanitary engineering
- sanitation engineering
- site reliability engineering
- social engineering
- software engineering
- soil mechanics and engineering
- sound engineering
- systems engineering
- tissue engineering
- tombstone engineering
Derived terms Edit
Translations Edit
application of science to the needs of humanity
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work of an engineer
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profession
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area aboard a ship where the engine is located
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See also Edit
References Edit
- engineering on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Romanian Edit
Etymology Edit
Unadapted borrowing from English engineering.
Noun Edit
engineering n (uncountable)
Declension Edit
declension of engineering (singular only)
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) engineering | engineeringul |
genitive/dative | (unui) engineering | engineeringului |
vocative | engineeringule |
References Edit
- engineering in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN