eng

[eng]

noun

the symbol, ŋ, that, in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in the pronunciation alphabets of some dictionaries, represents the voiced velar nasal consonant indicated in English spelling by (ng), as in the pronunciations of cling

[kling] /klɪŋ/ and clink

[klingk] /klɪŋk/.

Origin of eng

1955–60; by analogy with the names of m and n

Also called agma, angma.

ENG

Television.

electronic news gathering: a system of news reporting that uses portable television cameras to videotape pictures and sound, especially when combined with the transmission of the signal to a television station for immediate broadcast.

eng.

engraved.

Eng.

England.

English.

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Examples from the Web for eng

Historical Examples of eng

Dictionary, 759 seq.; and more completely in his Principles of Eng.
English Past and Present
Richard Chevenix Trench
Mr. Eng shook hands with all the cabin party, and went ashore.
Four Young Explorers
Oliver Optic
They had an ice-chest on board, and Mr. Eng had replenished it at Simujan.
Four Young Explorers
Oliver Optic
Slave trade, begun by Europe, brutality of, 5;maintained by Eng.
The Negro and the Nation
George S. Merriam
Reuter, a trooper, which has given the sixteenth-century Eng.
The Romance of Names
Ernest Weekley

British Dictionary definitions for eng

eng

noun

phonetics another name for agma

ENG

abbreviation for

electronic news gathering: TV news obtained at the point of action by means of modern video equipment

eng.

abbreviation for

engineer

engineering

Eng.

abbreviation for

England

English

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eng in Medicine

ENG

abbr.

electronystagmography