mechanical engineering

noun

1. the branch of engineering dealing with the design and production of machinery.

mechanical engineering

noun

1. the branch of engineering concerned with the design, construction, and operation of machines and machinery

mechanical engineering

1. The branch of engineering that specializes in the design, production, and uses of machines . The physics of mechanics is widely used in mechanical engineering.

Derived Forms

• mechanical engineer, noun

Other Words From

• mechanical engineer noun

Example Sentences

Local community colleges with electrical and mechanical engineering programs will be able to give eligible students internships to gain experience working with zero-emission transportation.

From TechCrunch

Right now, with less than a decade left to go, we’re at “about a tenth of that,” says Tonio Buonassisi, a professor of mechanical engineering and head of the Institute’s Photovoltaics Lab.

From MIT Technology Review

Michael Webber, an energy expert and mechanical engineering professor at the University of Texas at Austin, said the original proposal could have helped in identifying trouble spots within the state’s power plants.

From ProPublica

I also started working on my mechanical engineering doctorate because I didn’t want anybody saying I couldn’t do that job.

From Quanta Magazine

He graduated in 1956 with a degree in mechanical engineering.

From Washington Post

I'm an Associate Professor of Engineering & Public Policy and Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University.

From The Daily Beast

Other popular majors: economics, business, and mechanical engineering.

From The Daily Beast

Mechanical engineering is a profession whose medium of endeavor lies in the metals.

From Project Gutenberg

Thus mechanical engineering offers largest and quickest returns.

From Project Gutenberg

In this I succeeded, and I was able to return to my native country and my mechanical engineering a comparative Croesus.

From Project Gutenberg

Possibly a slightly better knowledge of mechanical engineering is required for making public opinion, but the process is the same.

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His great desire was to be a mechanical engineer; it ended in his devotion to “the mechanical engineering of living machines.”

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