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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
en·gi·neer·ing       [en-juh-neer-ing] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.the art or science of making practical application of the knowledge of pure sciences, as physics or chemistry, as in the construction of engines, bridges, buildings, mines, ships, and chemical plants.
2.the action, work, or profession of an engineer.
3.skillful or artful contrivance; maneuvering.

[Origin: 1710–20; engineer + -ing1]
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
en·gi·neer       (ěn'jə-nîr')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. One who is trained or professionally engaged in a branch of engineering.
  2. One who operates an engine.
  3. One who skillfully or shrewdly manages an enterprise.

tr.v.   en·gi·neered, en·gi·neer·ing, en·gi·neers
  1. To plan, construct, or manage as an engineer.
  2. To alter or produce by methods of genetic engineering: "Researchers . . . compared insulin manufactured by bacteria genetically engineered with recombinant DNA techniques to the commercial insulin obtained from swine or cattle" (Fusion).
  3. To plan, manage, and put through by skillful acts or contrivance; maneuver.


[Middle English enginour, from Old French engigneor, from Medieval Latin ingeniātor, contriver, from ingeniāre, to contrive, from Latin ingenium, ability; see engine.]

American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
en·gi·neer·ing       (ěn'jə-nîr'ĭng)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. 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.
    2. The profession of or the work performed by an engineer.
  1. Skillful maneuvering or direction: geopolitical engineering; social engineering.

WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
engineering

noun
1. the practical application of science to commerce or industry [syn: technology
2. 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" 
3. a room (as on a ship) in which the engine is located 

The American Heritage Science Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
engineering       (ěn'jə-nîr'ĭng)  Pronunciation Key 
The application of science to practical uses such as the design of structures, machines, and systems. Engineering has many specialities such as civil engineering, chemical engineering, and mechanical engineering.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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 mechanical properties of matter are made useful to man in structures and machines; the occupation and work of an engineer.

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.

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