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Definition 2024

engineering

engineering ‎(plural engineerings)

(uncountable) The application of mathematics and the physical sciences to the needs of humanity and the development of technology.
- 2014 June 14, “It's a gas”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8891:
  One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.
The area aboard a ship where the engine is located.

Hyponyms of engineering

application of science to the needs of humanity

Arabic: هَنْدَسَة (ar) f ‎(handasa)
Basque: ingeniaritza
Catalan: enginyeria
Chinese:
Mandarin: 工程 (zh) ‎(gōngchéng)
Czech: inženýrství n
Dutch: ingenieurswetenschap f
Esperanto: inĝenierarto
Finnish: tekniikka (fi), insinööritaito
French: ingénierie (fr) f, génie (fr)
German: Ingenieurwissenschaft (de) f, Ingenieurwesen n, Engineering (de) n
Greek: μηχανική (el) f ‎(michanikí)
Hebrew: הנדסה (he) f ‎(handasá)
Hungarian: mérnöki tudomány, műszaki tudomány
Ido: injeniorarto (io)
Indonesian: teknik (id), rekayasa (id)
Inuktitut: ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᖅ ‎(titiraujaq)
Italian: ingegneria (it) f
Japanese: 工学 (ja) ‎(こうがく, kōgaku), 工務 ‎(こうむ, kōmu), エンジニアリング (ja) ‎(enjiniaringu)

Norman: înginn'nie f
Javanese: ꦫꦺꦏꦪꦱ ‎(rékayasa)
Korean: 공학 ‎(gonghak) (工學 (ko))
Malay: kejuruteraan
Maori: mātai pūhanga
Persian: مهندسی (fa) ‎(mohandesi)
Polish: inżynieria (pl) f
Portuguese: engenharia (pt) f
Romanian: inginerie (ro) f
Russian: те́хника (ru) f ‎(téxnika), инжене́рия (ru) f ‎(inženérija), разрабо́тка (ru) f ‎(razrabótka), инжини́ринг (ru) m ‎(inžiníring), проекти́рование (ru) n ‎(proektírovanije)
Scots: ingineerin
Scottish Gaelic: (mechanical) einnseanaireachd f
Spanish: ingeniería (es) f
Sundanese: ᮛᮦᮊᮚᮞ ‎(rékayasa)
Swedish: ingenjörskonst c, ingenjörsvetenskap (sv) c
Tagalog: agsikapan, inhenyeriya
Yiddish: אינזשענעריע f ‎(inzhenerye)

work of an engineer

Japanese: 工学 (ja) ‎(こうがく, kōgaku), 工務 ‎(こうむ, kōmu), エンジニアリング (ja) ‎(enjiniaringu)
Norman: înginn'nie f
Portuguese: engenharia (pt) f
Romanian: inginerie (ro) f
Russian: инжене́рное иску́сство n ‎(inženérnoje iskússtvo), инжене́рное де́ло n ‎(inženérnoje délo), машинострое́ние (ru) n ‎(mašinostrojénije), инжини́ринг (ru) m ‎(inžiníring)
Turkish: mühendislik (tr)

profession

Ido: injeniorarto (io)
Indonesian: teknik (id)
Japanese: 工学 (ja) ‎(こうがく, kōgaku)
Norman: înginn'nie f
Portuguese: engenharia (pt) f
Russian: инжене́рное де́ло n ‎(inženérnoje délo), машинострое́ние (ru) n ‎(mašinostrojénije), инжини́ринг (ru) m ‎(inžiníring)

area aboard a ship where the engine is located