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en·gi·neer·ing
 Function: 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
 

  3 : calculated manipulation or direction

                                                                                                                                               -Merriam Webster Online

 

 
 

 

 

                                                                         

 

 

   
   
   

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