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Synonyms for engineering
ˌɛn dʒəˈnɪər ɪŋen·gi·neer·ing

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  1. technology, engineeringnoun

    the practical application of science to commerce or industry

    Synonyms:
    applied science, engineering science, engine room, technology

  2. engineering, engineering science, applied science, technologynoun

    the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems

    "he had trouble deciding which branch of engineering to study"

    Synonyms:
    applied science, engineering science, engine room, technology

  3. engineering, engine roomnoun

    a room (as on a ship) in which the engine is located

    Synonyms:
    applied science, engineering science, engine room, technology

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  1. Lisa Jackson:

    There are some innovations of ours that we actually want people to copy. So as much as possible - as long as it doesn't give away some of our other design and engineering innovation - we are happy to bring along the recycling industry, we have started to be much more transparent around this technology development than we usually are.

  2. Skoda India:

    Multinational companies tend to operate the same way worldwide, we are trying to develop more of a hybrid approach between Asian engineering and European quality.

  3. Alaina Percival:

    A large percentage of the male engineers I've met have said they got into coding by playing video games, so hopefully this will be a step in the right direction to getting young women and girls inspired to pursue careers in software engineering.

  4. Shelby Steele:

    I suppose looking back from today, it was a kind of golden age, almost. This was after the war post-50s, 60s. The government had no interest in socially engineering black Americans anywhere. We were pretty much left to our own devices within the boundaries of segregation. So we were limited in that regard, and yet within the community itself, there was an ethos of responsibility and a new possibility in a post-war community. And so the focus was on what we could do for ourselves, and we did many great things. On the street I grew up, a friend down at the end of the block, his name was Melvin Van Peebles — he invented independent filmmaking in America, in the world.

  5. Shawn Sim:

    Designing and buildingSnowstormwas a great learning opportunity for us. The toughest part of this engineering challenge was ensuring a good thrust to weight ratio to allow the craft to lift a person into the air, at every stage of our design, we constantly had to balance and consider trade-offs between the types of materials, their characteristics and weight.


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