engineering

engineering
noun Date: 1720 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
>
— compare genetic engineering

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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