As one engineer says: “The Swedish air force could not afford to do this the traditional way”—and neither can many others.
The founders had ultimate control, but any engineer with a good idea could take a turn at the wheel.
Black pathology was what this country wanted and black pathology is what it tried to engineer.
Filling in for his boss, who was out of town, the engineer attended a meeting with another group inside Apple.
Enter state Rep. Jerry Madden, a conservative and an engineer by training.
When the engineer at last caught sight of him it was with a feeling of anger at what he regarded as the foolhardiness of the boy.
As we were nearly up with the opening, I rang for the engineer to stop and back her.
No more was then said, the engineer and fireman giving their attention to what was going on at the express car.
"Let her out, Moses," I called to the engineer through the speaking-tube.
He was strong, active, and energetic, and as he grew up he was trained to be an engineer.
early 14c., "constructor of military engines," from Old French engigneor, from Late Latin ingeniare (see engine); general sense of "inventor, designer" is recorded from early 15c.; civil sense, in reference to public works, is recorded from c.1600. Meaning "locomotive driver" is first attested 1832, American English. A "maker of engines" in ancient Greece was a mekhanopoios.
1843 (but cf. engineering), from engineer (n.). Figurative sense of "arrange, contrive" is attested from 1864, originally in a political context. Related: Engineered.