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Engineering is the use of scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad range of more specialized fields of engineering, each with a more specific emphasis on particular areas of applied mathematics, applied science, and types of application. See glossary of engineering.
The term engineering is derived from the Latin ingenium, meaning "cleverness" and ingeniare, meaning "to contrive, devise".

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    What Questions Can You Ask About Physics, Mathematics, and Engineering?

    I've come here to ask any future questions I have regarding physics, mathematics or engineering. Thank you very much.
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    What Is PF and Why Is It Popular Among Mechanical Engineering Enthusiasts?

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    B Question about units for "area under curve"

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    Programs Trying to decide what program to study (physics or engineering)

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  6. gmason85

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    Studying What universities for studying Aerospace Engineering in UK?

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