Engineering
[endʒɪ'nɪərɪŋ] or ['ɛndʒə'nɪrɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) a room (as on a ship) in which the engine is located.
(noun.) the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems; 'he had trouble deciding which branch of engineering to study'.
Editor: Noreen--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Engineer
(n.) Originally, the art of managing engines; in its modern and extended sense, the art and science by which the mechanical properties of matter are made useful to man in structures and machines; the occupation and work of an engineer.
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Examples
- There have been about 1,000 patents granted for bridges, about 2,500 for excavating apparatus, and about 1,500 for hydraulic engineering. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It was a remarkable engineering feature. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The engineering establishment of Mr. Hall, at Dartford, in Kent, was selected as best adapted for the purpose of making the machinery and for carrying the plans into operation. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The organization was crude, the steam-engineering talent poor, and owing to the impossibility of getting any considerable capital subscribed, the plants were put in as cheaply as possible. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- And Alfred must go off to the engineering--I've made up my mind to that. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Edison devoted a great deal of his time to the engineering work in connection with the laying out of the first incandescent electric-lighting system in New York. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Mr. Edison is preeminent in the realm of engineering. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The great canals, especially the Suez, developed a new system of canal engineering. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The Linotype (a line of type) was pronounced by the _London Engineering_ as the most remarkable machine of this century. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- To produce such a house involved the overcoming of many engineering and other technical difficulties. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In regard to submarine engineering, of its many varieties, the Lake system is likely to be a highly useful aid and assistance. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He knew both the engineering and the business sides most intimately. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- They were expert builders, and possessed the engineering skill to erect obelisks weighing hundreds of tons. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- He interested Fulton in his schemes and gradually weaned his thoughts away from art to civil engineering. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Probably the most important branch of engineering work is railroad construction, already considered under steam railways. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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