engineering

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. Digital Technology. the art or process of designing and programming computer systems: computer engineering; software engineering.
4. skillful or artful contrivance; maneuvering.

noun

1. a person trained and skilled in the design, construction, and use of engines or machines, or in any of various branches of engineering: a mechanical engineer; a civil engineer.
2. a person who operates or is in charge of an engine.
3. Also called locomotive engineer. Railroads. a person who operates or is in charge of a locomotive.
4. a member of an army, navy, or air force specially trained in engineering work.
5. Digital Technology. a person skilled in the design and programming of computer systems: a software engineer; a web engineer.
6. a skillful manager: a political engineer.

verb (used with object)

7. to plan, construct, or manage as an engineer: He’s engineered several big industrial projects.
8. to design or create using the techniques or methods of engineering: The motor has been engineered to run noiselessly.
9. to arrange, manage, or carry through by skillful or artful contrivance: He certainly engineered the election campaign beautifully.

noun

1. the profession of applying scientific principles to the design, construction, and maintenance of engines, cars, machines, etc (mechanical engineering), buildings, bridges, roads, etc (civil engineering), electrical machines and communication systems (electrical engineering), chemical plant and machinery (chemical engineering), or aircraft (aeronautical engineering)See also military engineering

noun

1. a person trained in any branch of the profession of engineering
2. the originator or manager of a situation, system, etc
3. a mechanic; person who repairs or services machines
4. US and Canadian the driver of a railway locomotive
5. an officer responsible for a ship’s engines
6. Informal name: sapper a member of the armed forces, esp the army, trained in engineering and construction work

verb (tr)

7. to originate, cause, or plan in a clever or devious mannerhe engineered the minister’s downfall
8. to design, plan, or construct as a professional engineer

n.

1680s, from engineer (n.). Meaning “work done by an engineer” is from 1720. As a field of study, attested from 1792. An earlier word was engineership (1640s); engineery was attempted in 1793, but it did not stick.

n.

early 14c., “constructor of military engines,” from Old French engigneor, from Late Latin ingeniare (see engine); general sense of “inventor, designer” is recorded from early 15c.; civil sense, in reference to public works, is recorded from c.1600. Meaning “locomotive driver” is first attested 1832, American English. A “maker of engines” in ancient Greece was a mekhanopoios.

v.

1843 (but cf. engineering), from engineer (n.). Figurative sense of “arrange, contrive” is attested from 1864, originally in a political context. Related: Engineered.

1. 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.