'Engineering' definitions:
Definition of 'engineering'
From: WordNet
noun
The practical application of science to commerce or industry [syn: technology, engineering]
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" [syn: engineering, engineering science, applied science, technology]
noun
A room (as on a ship) in which the engine is located [syn: engineering, engine room]
Definition of 'Engineering'
From: GCIDE
- Engineer \En`gi*neer"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engineered; p. pr. & vb. n. Engineering.]
- 1. To lay out or construct, as an engineer; to perform the work of an engineer on; as, to engineer a road. --J. Hamilton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To use contrivance and effort for; to guide the course of; to manage; as, to engineer a bill through Congress. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] Engineer Corps
Definition of 'Engineering'
From: GCIDE
- Engineering \En`gi*neer"ing\, 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). [1913 Webster +PJC]
- Note: In a comprehensive sense, engineering includes architecture as a mechanical art, in distinction from architecture as a fine art. It was formerly divided into military engineering, which is the art of designing and constructing offensive and defensive works, and civil engineering, in a broad sense, as relating to other kinds of public works, machinery, etc.
- Civil engineering, in modern usage, is strictly the art of planning, laying out, and constructing fixed public works, such as railroads, highways, canals, aqueducts, water works, bridges, lighthouses, docks, embankments, breakwaters, dams, tunnels, etc.
- Mechanical engineering relates to machinery, such as steam engines, machine tools, mill work, etc.
- Mining engineering deals with the excavation and working of mines, and the extraction of metals from their ores, etc. Engineering is further divided into steam engineering, gas engineering, agricultural engineering, topographical engineering, electrical engineering, etc. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Engineering'
- Engine,
- Engineer,
- Engineered,
- Enginer,
- Enginous,
- engines,
- Ballast engine,
- Beam engine,
- Bogie engine,
- Caloric engine,
- Carding engine,
- Civil engineer,
- Civil engineering,
- Compound engine,
- Condensing engine,
- Cornish engine,
- Corps of Engineers,
- Cycloidal engine,
- Cylinder engine,
- Diesel engine,
- Disk engine,
- Dividing engine,
- Donkey engine,
- Draft engine,
- Draught engine,
- Engine driver,
- Engine lathe,
- Engine tool,
- Engine turning,
- Engineer Corps,
- Ether engine,
- Fire engine,
- Flame engine,
- Forcing engine,
- Garden engine,
- Gas engine,
- Gasolene engine,
- Gasoline engine,
- Goods engine,
- Graduating engine,
- Grasshopper engine,
- Heat engine,
- Hoisting engine,
- Horizontal engine,
- Lapping engine,
- Locomotive engine,
- Man engine,
- Marine engine,
- Mechanical engineering,
- Military engineer,
- Mining engineering,
- Pile engine,
- Pilot engine,
- Pony engine,
- Potcher engine,
- Pumping engine,
- Radial engine,
- Radiant engine,
- Reciprocating engine,
- Reversing engine,
- Ringing engine,
- Rose engine,
- Rotary engine,
- Rotative engine,
- Screw engine,
- Semiradial engine,
- Solar engine,
- Stationary engine,
- Steam engine,
- Steeple engine,
- Switching engine,
- Tandem engine,
- Tank engine,
- Throwing engine,
- To reverse an engine,
- Traction engine,
- Trunk engine,
- Turning engine,
- Vapor engine,
- Water engine,
- Winding engine,
- aeronautical engineer,
- aeronautical engineering,
- aerospace engineer,
- aircraft engine,
- architectural engineering,
- army engineer,
- automobile engine,
- automotive engineer,
- automotive engineering,
- auxiliary engine,
- biomedical engineering,
- chemical engineering,
- efficiency engineer,
- electrical engineer,
- electrical engineering,
- engine block,
- engine failure,
- engine room,
- engineer's chain,
- engineering school,
- engineering science,
- epitrochoidal engine,
- fanjet engine,
- flight engineer,
- genetic engineering,
- highway engineer,
- hydraulic engineering,
- industrial engineering,
- ion engine,
- jet engine,
- knowledge engineering,
- locomotive engineer,
- marine engineer,
- mechanical engineer,
- metallurgical engineer,
- mining engineer,
- naval engineer,
- naval engineering,
- nuclear engineering,
- petrol engine,
- railroad engineer,
- ramjet engine,
- reaction engine,
- rocket engine,
- rocket engineer,
- rotatory engine,
- search engine,
- software engineer,
- software engineering,
- switch engine,
- turbofan engine,
- turbojet engine,
- wankel engine,
- Duplex pumping engine,
- Engine-sized,
- Portable steam engine,
- Semiportable steam engine,
- Steam fire engine,
- Vertical steam engine,
- bachelor of science in engineering,
- efficiency of a heat engine,
- engine cooling system,
- master of science in engineering,
- wankel rotary engine,
- Compressed-air engine,
- Electro-magnetic engine,
- Engine-type generator,
- High-pressure engine,
- Internal-combustion engine,
- Side-lever engine,
- external-combustion engine,
- four-stroke engine,
- reaction-propulsion engine,
- valve-in-head engine,
- Back-acting steam engine,
- Back-action steam engine,
- Direct-acting steam engine,
- Low-pressure steam engine,
- Self-contained steam engine,
- Triple-expansion steam engine,
- direct-action steam engine,
- four-stroke internal-combustion engine