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"
[syn: engineering science, applied science, technology]
3: a room (as on a ship) in which the engine is located [syn: engine
room]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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