engineering definition

English

engineering

engineering (usually uncountable, 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.
Actions controling the motion, shape, and/or substance of any physical object(s).
Designates office area of the professional engineering staff.

application of science to the needs of humanity

Arabic: هَنْدَسَة‎ (ar) f (handasa)
Egyptian Arabic: هندسة‎ f (handasa)
Armenian: ճարտարագիտություն (čartaragitutʿyun), տեխնիկա (hy) (texnika)
Assamese: অভিযান্ত্ৰিক বিদ্যা (obhizantrik biidda)
Basque: ingeniaritza
Bengali: প্রকৌশল (prôkouśôl)
Bishnupriya Manipuri: প্রকৌশল
Catalan: enginyeria (ca)
Chinese: 工程 (zh)
Cantonese: N展
Czech: inženýrství n
Dutch: ingenieurswetenschap f
Esperanto: 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)
Gujarati: અભિયાંત્રિકી (abhiyā̃trikī)
Hawaiian: wilikī
Hebrew: הנדסה‎ (he) f (handasá)
Hungarian: mérnöki tudomány (hu), műszaki tudomány
Ido: injeniorarto (io)
Indonesian: teknik (id), rekayasa (id)
Inuktitut: ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᖅ (titiraujaq)
Irish: innealtóireacht f
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)

Javanese: ꦫꦺꦏꦪꦱ (rékayasa)
Korean: 공학(工學) (ko) (gonghak), 엔지니어링 (enjinieoring)
Maithili: अभियांत्रिकी (abhiyāntrikī)
Malay: kejuruteraan (ms)
Maori: mātai pūhanga
Marathi: अभियांत्रिकी (abhiyāntrikī)
Nepali: अभियांत्रिकी (abhiyāntrikī)
Norman: înginn'nie f
Occitan: engenhariá (oc) f
Oriya: ବୈଷୟିକ ବିଜ୍ଞାନ (or) (bôiṣôyikô bijñanô)
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)
Scots: ingineerin
Scottish Gaelic: (mechanical) einnseanaireachd f
Serbo-Croatian: inženjering (sh) m, tehnika (sh) f
Spanish: ingeniería (es) f
Sundanese: ᮛᮦᮊᮚᮞ (rékayasa)
Swahili: uhandisi
Swedish: ingenjörskonst c, ingenjörsvetenskap (sv) c
Tagalog: agsikapan, inhenyeriya
Tamil: பொறியியல் (ta) (poṟiyiyal)
Welsh: peirianneg f, peirianyddiaeth f
Yiddish: אינזשענעריע‎ f (inzhenerye)

work of an engineer

profession

Chinese: 工程 (zh), 工學 (zh)
Cantonese: N展
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: הנדסה‎ (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)
Thai: วิศวกรรมศาสตร์

area aboard a ship where the engine is located