engineering

English

Etymology

From engineer +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɛn(d)ʒɪˈnɪə.ɹɪŋ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɛn.d͡ʒɪˈnɪ(ə)ɹ.ɪŋ/

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Verb

engineering

1. present participle and gerund of engineer

Noun

engineering (usually uncountable, plural engineerings)

2. (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.

3. The area aboard a ship where the engine is located.
4. Actions controling the motion, shape, or substance of any physical object(s).
5. Designates the office area of the professional engineering staff.

Hyponyms

• aerospace engineering
• astroengineering
• back engineering
• back-engineering
• bioengineering
• chemical engineering
• civil engineering
• climate engineering
• computer engineering
• conceptual engineering
• control engineering
• cryoengineering
• cybernetic engineering
• definitioneering
• earthquake engineering
• ecoengineering
• electrical engineering
• engineering sample
• engineering society
• engineering strain
• engineering stress
• femtoengineering
• financial engineering
• genetic engineering
• gengineering
• geoengineering
• geotechnical engineering
• glycoengineering
• hydraulic engineering
• hydroengineering
• immunoengineering
• industrial engineering
• information engineering
• knowledge engineering
• light engineering
• manufacturing engineering
• mechanical engineering
• mechatronics engineering
• memetic engineering
• methods engineering
• microengineering
• mining engineering
• molecular engineering
• municipal engineering
• nanoengineering
• neuroengineering
• ocean engineering
• ontology engineering
• planetary engineering
• prompt engineering
• protein engineering
• re-engineering
• retro-engineering
• reverse engineering
• sanitary engineering
• sanitation engineering
• site reliability engineering
• social engineering
• software engineering
• soil mechanics and engineering
• sound engineering
• systems engineering
• time and methods engineering
• tissue engineering
• tombstone engineering
• visioneering
• xenoengineering

Derived terms

• engineering boot
• engineeringly
• geoengineering
• non-engineering, nonengineering

Translations

application of science to the needs of humanity

Albanian: inxhinieri (sq) f Arabic: هَنْدَسَة (ar) f (handasa) Egyptian Arabic: هندسة f (handasa) Armenian: ճարտարագիտություն (čartaragitutʻyun), տեխնիկա (hy) (texnika) Assamese: অভিযান্ত্ৰিক বিদ্যা (obhizantrik biidda) Basque: ingeniaritza Bengali: প্রকৌশল (bn) (prokōuśol) Bishnupriya Manipuri: প্রকৌশল Catalan: enginyeria (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 工程 (zh) (gōngchéng) Czech: inženýrství n Danish: ingeniørvidenskab c Dutch: ingenieurswetenschap (nl) f Esperanto: inĝenierio (eo), inĝenierarto Finnish: tekniikka (fi), insinööritaito French: ingénierie (fr) f, génie (fr) Galician: enxeñaría (gl) f Georgian: საინჟინრო მეცნიერება (sainžinro mecniereba), ინჟინერია (inžineria) German: (as a theoretical science) Ingenieurwissenschaft (de) f; (otherwise) Ingenieurwesen (de) n; (among professionals also) Engineering (de) n Greek: μηχανική (el) f (michanikí) Hawaiian: wilikī Hebrew: הַנְדָּסָה (he) f (handasá) Hindi: अभियांत्रिकी f (abhiyāntrikī) Hungarian: mérnöki tudomány (hu), műszaki tudomány Ido: injeniorarto (io) Indonesian: teknik (id), rekayasa (id) Inuktitut: ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᖅ (titiraoyaq) Irish: innealtóireacht f Italian: ingegneria (it) f Japanese: 工学 (ja) (こうがく, kōgaku), 工務 (ja) (こうむ, kōmu), エンジニアリング (ja) (enjiniaringu) Javanese: ꦫꦺꦏꦪꦱ (rékayasa) Kazakh: инжиниринг (injiniriñ) Korean: 공학(工學) (ko) (gonghak), 엔지니어링 (enjinieoring) Lao: ວິສະວະກຳສາດ (wi sa wa kam sāt) Macedonian: инжене́рство n (inženérstvo) Maithili: अभियांत्रिकी (abhiyāntrikī) Malay: kejuruteraan (ms) Maori: mātai pūhanga, (mātai) pūhanga ((refers to structural)), (mātai) pūkaha (refers to mechanical) Marathi: अभियांत्रिकी (abhiyāntrikī) Nepali: अभियांत्रिकी (abhiyāntrikī) Norman: înginn'nie f Norwegian: Bokmål: ingeniørvitenskap m Occitan: engenhariá (oc) f Odia: ବୈଷୟିକ ବିଜ୍ଞାନ (or) (baiṣayika bijñāna) 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 (projektírovanije), инжене́ринг (ru) m (inženéring) Scots: ingineerin Scottish Gaelic: (mechanical) einnseanaireachd f Serbo-Croatian: Roman: inženjering (sh) m, tehnika (sh) f, inženjerstvo (sh) n Slovak: inžinierstvo n Slovene: inženirstvo n Spanish: ingeniería (es) f Sundanese: rékayasa Swahili: uhandisi Swedish: ingenjörskonst c, ingenjörsvetenskap (sv) c Tagalog: agsikapan, inhenyeriya Tamil: பொறியியல் (ta) (poṟiyiyal) Thai: วิศวกรรมศาสตร์ (th) (wít-sà-wá-gam-má-sàat) Ukrainian: інжене́рія f (inženérija) Welsh: peirianneg f, peirianyddiaeth f Yiddish: אינזשענעריע f (inzhenerye)

work of an engineer

Arabic: هَنْدَسَة (ar) f (handasa) Armenian: ճարտարագիտություն (čartaragitutʻyun) Chinese: Mandarin: 工程 (zh) (gōngchéng), 工程學 / 工程学 (zh) (gōngchéngxué) Finnish: insinöörityö (fi) French: ingénierie (fr) f Galician: enxeñaría (gl) f German: Ingenieurwesen (de) f; (among professionals also) Engineering (de) n Hebrew: הַנְדָּסָה (he) f (handasá) Indonesian: teknik (id), rekayasa (id) Irish: innealtóireacht f Italian: ingegneria (it) f Japanese: 工学 (ja) (こうがく, kōgaku), 工務 (ja) (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) Thai: วิศวกรรม (th) (wít-sà-wá-gam) Turkish: mühendislik (tr) Ukrainian: інжене́рство n (inženérstvo), інжині́ринг m (inžynírynh) Welsh: peirianneg f, peirianyddiaeth f

profession

Chinese: Mandarin: 工程 (zh) (gōngchéng), 工程學 / 工程学 (zh) (gōngchéngxué) Czech: inženýrství n Finnish: tekniikka (fi), tekniikan ala French: ingénierie (fr) f Galician: enxeñaría (gl) f Georgian: საინჟინრო ხელოვნება (sainžinro xelovneba), მანქანათმშენებლობა (mankanatmšenebloba) German: Ingenieurwesen (de) n, Ingenieurberuf m Greek: μηχανολογία (el) f (michanología) Hebrew: הַנְדָּסָה (he) f (handasá) Ido: injeniorarto (io) Indonesian: teknik (id) Irish: innealtóireacht f Italian: ingegneria (it) f 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) Tamil: பொறியியல் (ta) (poṟiyiyal) Thai: วิศวกรรมศาสตร์ (th) (wít-sà-wá-gam-má-sàat) Ukrainian: інжене́рство n (inženérstvo)

area aboard a ship where the engine is located

Chinese: Mandarin: 引擎房, 引擎室, 引擎艙 / 引擎舱 Czech: strojovna f Finnish: konehuone (fi) French: salle des machines (fr) f German: Maschinenraum (de) m Greek: μηχανοστάσιο (el) n (michanostásio) Italian: sala macchine Romanian: sala mașinilor f Russian: маши́нное отделе́ние n (mašínnoje otdelénije) Serbo-Croatian: Roman: strojarnica (sh) f Spanish: sala de máquinas f

See also

• science
• applied mathematics

References

• engineering on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English engineering.

Noun

engineering n (uncountable)

1. engineering

Declension

Declension of engineering

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	engineering	engineeringul
genitive-dative	engineering	engineeringului
vocative	engineeringule

References

• engineering in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN