Chiefly in plural. Work concerned with hydraulic engineering, irrigation, drainage, etc. Now rare.
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| 释义 | society > occupation and work > industry > engineering > [noun] > branches of (27) waterwork?a1560 Chiefly in plural. Work concerned with hydraulic engineering, irrigation, drainage, etc. Now rare. civil engineeringc1770 the branch of engineering that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of works of public utility, esp. those relating to social… water engineering1787 the branch of civil engineering concerned with the construction of canals, reservoirs, embankments, aqueducts, water-supply infrastructure, etc. millwrighting1821 The labour or trade of a millwright. engineering science1826 the field of study concerned with the mathematical and physical basis of engineering; (also) a science having engineering aspects (frequently in p… hydraulic engineering1835 river engineering1842 the branch of civil engineering concerned with the improvement and control of rivers. structural engineering1859 the branch of civil engineering concerned with the analysis and design of large buildings and load-bearing structures. industrial engineering1860 the branch of engineering concerned with the design, construction, and maintenance of factories, apparatus, etc., used by industry; (also) the… chemical engineering1861 a branch of engineering concerned with the application of chemistry to industrial processes, and involving esp. the design, operation, and… sanitary engineering1868 biological engineering1898 (in early use) modification of the (esp. urban) human environment to improve public health; (in later use) = bioengineering, n. control engineering1914 the study and design of systems, typically of a mechanical or electrical nature, which control the operation of machinery, apparatus, etc.; cf. cont… radio engineering1915 the branch of engineering concerned with the design, construction, and operation of radio equipment. environmental engineering1946 the branch of engineering that deals with the application of technology to the management of a specific indoor or outdoor environment or the… systems engineering1946 (a) the investigation of complex, man-made systems in relation to the apparatus that is or might be involved in them; (b) the design and installation… bioengineering1950 The application to biological processes of techniques derived from engineering; (also) the use of any advanced technology, esp. genetic… value engineering1959 the modification of designs and systems according to value analysis. biomedical engineering1961 the application of the principles and techniques of engineering science to biomedical systems and problems; an interdisciplinary branch of science… geoengineering1962 The application of large-scale engineering methods to modify rock formations or other features of the natural environment; (in later use esp.) the… macro-engineering1964 the design and construction of engineering projects on the largest scale possible. microengineering1964 terotechnology1970 The branch of technology and engineering concerned with the installation, maintenance, and replacement of industrial plant and equipment and with… hydroengineering1971 = hydraulic engineering n. at hydraulic, adj. n.compounds. civil1975 British. In plural. Civil engineering. Chiefly attributive. mechatronics1976 The branch of technology concerned with the integration of mechanics, electronics, and embedded computer control. knowledge engineering1977 the branch of artificial intelligence concerned with building knowledge-based systems. |
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