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- DictionaryEn·gi·neer/ˌenjəˈnir/
noun
- 1. a person who designs, builds, or maintains engines, machines, or public works.
verb
- 1. design and build (a machine or structure): "the men who engineered the tunnel"
Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who invent, design, analyze, build and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while considering the limitations imposed by practicality, regulation, safety and cost.
a. : a designer or builder of engines. b. : a person who is trained in or follows as a profession a branch of engineering. c. : a person who carries through an enterprise by skillful or artful contrivance. 4. : a person who runs or supervises an engine or an apparatus. engineer.
Engineering is the practice of using natural science, mathematics, and the engineering design process to solve technical problems, increase efficiency and productivity, and improve systems.
ENGINEER definition: 1. a person whose job is to design or build machines, engines, or electrical equipment, or things…. Learn more.
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. a person who operates or is in charge of an engine. Also called locomotive engineer.
a person whose job is to design or build machines, engines, or electrical equipment, or things such as roads, railroads, or bridges, using scientific principles: a civil engineer. a mechanical / structural engineer. a software engineer.
n. 1. a person trained and skilled in any of various branches of engineering: a civil engineer. 2. a person trained and skilled in the design, construction, and use of engines or machines. 3. a person who operates or is in charge of an engine or locomotive.
ENGINEER meaning: 1 : a person who has scientific training and who designs and builds complicated products, machines, systems, or structures a person who specializes in a branch of engineering; 2 : a person who runs or is in charge of an engine in an airplane, a ship, etc.
1. : the activities or function of an engineer. 2. a. : the application of science and mathematics by which the properties of matter and the sources of energy in nature are made useful to people. b. : the design and manufacture of complex products. software engineering. 3. : calculated manipulation or direction (as of behavior) social engineering.
/ˌendʒɪˈnɪr/ a person whose job involves designing and building engines, machines, roads, bridges, etc. We worked with a team of scientists and engineers. You need the advice of a qualified engineer. engineers who designed and built advanced military aircraft.
