hydroengineering
English
editEtymology
editFrom hydro- + engineering.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edithydroengineering (uncountable)
- hydraulic engineering
- 2009 February 6, Sharon Lafraniere, “Possible Link Between Dam and China Quake”, in New York Times[1]:
- “The earthquake research community outside and inside China has widely accepted the notion that the May 12 Wenchuan earthquake was a huge natural disaster caused by massive crustal movement, because no reservoir triggered-quake with a magnitude eight has ever occurred in history,” said Pan Jiazheng, an expert in hydroengineering, according to a translation published by Probe International.