ENGINEER

Engineer

An engineer is a professional practitioner of engineering, concerned with applying scientific knowledge, mathematics, and ingenuity to develop solutions for technical problems. Engineers design materials, structures, and systems while considering the limitations imposed by practicality, regulation, safety, and cost. The word engineer is derived from the Latin roots ingeniare and ingenium .

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engineer

Noun

  1. A person who is qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering.
  2. A person who operates an engine (such as a locomotive).

Verb

  1. To design, construct or manage something as an engineer.
  2. To alter or construct something by means of genetic engineering.
  3. To plan or achieve some goal by contrivance or guile; to wangle or finagle.


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