engineering
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
engineering/enʤɪˈnɪərɪŋ/
▶noun
- 1 the branch of science and technology concerned with the design, building, and use of engines, machines, and structures.
■ the practical application of scientific ideas and principles.
- 2 a field of study or activity concerned with modification or development in a particular area: software engineering.
'engineering' also found in these Oxford entries:
addendum
- AEEU
- BE
- BEng
- bioengineering
- CAE
- cannon
- chemical engineering
- chord
- civil engineer
- dedendum
- engineer
- engineering brick
- engineering science
- EPSRC
- fascine
- gabion
- gauge pressure
- genetic engineering
- geotechnics
- hardened
- j
- language engineering
- LE
- mathematics
- mattress
- mechanical engineering
- mechatronics
- orthographic projection
- poppet
- portal frame
- protein engineering
- redundant
- re-engineer
- reverse engineering
- shop class
- social engineering
- soil mechanics
- structural engineering
- technical drawing
- terotechnology
- tungsten carbide
- wind load
