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engineering

verb
/ˌɛn(d)ʒɪˈnɪə.ɹɪŋ/UK/ˌɛn.d͡ʒɪˈnɪ(ə)ɹ.ɪŋ/US

Etymology

From engineer + -ing.

  1. derived from ingegniere — “engineer”
  2. derived from engigneour
  3. derived from ingénieur
  4. derived from *ǵenh₁-✻ — “to beget, give birth to; to produce”
  5. derived from ingenium — “innate or natural quality, nature; intelligence, natural capacity; ability, skill, talent; (Medieval Latin) engine; machine”
  6. derived from engigneor
  7. derived from enginour
  8. inherited from enginour — “one who designs, constructs, or operates military works for attack or defence, etc.; machine designer”
  9. suffixed as engineering — “engineer + ing”

Definitions

  1. present participle and gerund of engineer

  2. The application of mathematics and the physical sciences to the needs of humanity and the…

    The application of mathematics and the physical sciences to the needs of humanity and the development of technology.

    • 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. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Actions controling the motion, shape, or substance of any physical object(s).

    2. Designates the office area of the professional engineering staff.

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Derived

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

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at engineering. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01engineering02engineer03design04problem05answered06answer07reaction08politics09methodology10implementation

A definitional loop anchored at engineering. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at engineering

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA