mechanical engineering

noun

: a branch of engineering concerned primarily with the industrial application of mechanics and with the production of tools, machinery, and their products
mechanical engineer noun

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Scaling Up Carbon Capture Efforts According to Kripa Varanasi, a professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, these results demonstrate that the technology works even when increasing the electrode size to be 10 times larger. IEEE Spectrum, 18 Dec. 2024 Newsweek spoke to drone specialist Vijay Kumar, a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, about how an ordinary person could spot the difference between a plane and a drone. Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024 Kathryn Lampo is studying mechanical engineering at Columbia University. Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024 Outside the auditorium at Carnegie Mellon, Rodrigo Lopez, a registered independent from Florida, was finishing up homework for his mechanical engineering class. Charlotte Alter / Pittsburgh, TIME, 10 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for mechanical engineering 

Word History

First Known Use

1849, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of mechanical engineering was in 1849

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“Mechanical engineering.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mechanical%20engineering. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

Kids Definition

mechanical engineering

noun
: engineering that deals with tools, machinery, and the application of mechanics in industry
mechanical engineer noun
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