marine engineering


noun
  1. the branch of mechanical engineering that deals with the design, construction, installation, operation, and repair of the machinery of vessels.

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How to use marine engineering in a sentence

  • marine engineering: general marine engineering; naval architecture; marine engineering.

    College Teaching | Paul Klapper
  • Mention should be made of a little vessel, first seen at the Review, which marks a new departure in marine engineering.

    Sixty Years a Queen | Sir Herbert Maxwell
  • In marine engineering in slow-speed propellers (where cavitation does not come in) narrow blades are usually used.

  • The institute is now an accomplished fact, comprising the best municipal school of marine engineering in the country.

  • It is singular that marine engineering has gained but little from these attempts to attain excessive speeds.