Definition of Engineering

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Engineering

of Engineer

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.

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Engineering Quotations

But I decided I wanted more education and I had to make a choice between starting law school, which was interesting to me, and going for a graduate degree in engineering.
Daniel J. Evans

We may simply not be wise enough to do some of the kinds of engineering things that people are talking about doing.
Leon Kass

My grandfather on my mother's side was a professor of mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; my other grandfather was a lawyer, and one time Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives.
Kenneth G. Wilson

I'm quite into the idea of engineering being beautiful.
Sean Booth

I think through education, belief in God, and good engineering, our children become a lot better at what they're doing than we did, and that starts with the very first sign of life on the face of this earth.
Evel Knievel

Engineering Translations

engineering in French is etudes, manigance
engineering in German is technisch, Maschinenbau, Technik, Ingenieurwesen
engineering in Swedish is teknik


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