Definition of Engineering. Meaning of Engineering. Synonyms of Engineering

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Definition of Engineering

Engineering
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.
Engineering
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. 2. To use contrivance and effort for; to guide the course of; to manage; as, to engineer a bill through Congress. [Colloq.]

Meaning of Engineering from wikipedia

- Engineering is the practice of using natural science, mathematics, and the engineering design process to solve technical problems, increase efficiency...
- Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built...
- Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems which use electricity...
- aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering. Avionics engineering is similar, but deals with the electronics side of aerospace engineering. "Aeronautical...
- aerospace engineering, metallurgical engineering, civil engineering, structural engineering, electrical engineering, manufacturing engineering, chemical...
- era, engineering is generally considered to consist of the major primary branches of chemical engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering, and...
- Software engineering is an engineering-based approach to software development. A software engineer is a person who applies the engineering design process...
- Social engineering may refer to: Social engineering (political science), a means of influencing particular attitudes and social behaviors on a large scale...
- of engineering disciplines, including civil engineering, computer engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, industrial engineering and...
- fields like engineering physics and engineering geology, both of which may belong in the wider category engineering science, engineering mathematics is...