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

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I also started working on my mechanical engineering doctorate because I didn’t want anybody saying I couldn’t do that job.
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He graduated in 1956 with a degree in mechanical engineering.
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There were also crashes not due to either mechanical or human error but to a lack of warning of dangerous conditions.
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He once told me that he only vaguely understood “the mechanical aspects of sex” until he was in his early twenties.
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The Great Lakes states, for example, boast the largest concentration of engineering jobs (more than 318,000) of any major region.
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The revival of industry makes such engineering talent critical to regional success.
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The sounds are less mechanical and more lush, more concert hall than dance floor.
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In the preceding chapter an examination has been made of the purely mechanical side of the era of machine production.
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The approach of these mechanical monsters opens up vistas thronged with shadowy forebodings.
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Go carefully over the film with an oil-immersion lens, using a mechanical stage if available.
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This letter indirectly points out two long-standing radical errors in engineering phraseology.
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The door to the back room opened, letting through a blend of talk and small mechanical noises.
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British Dictionary definitions for mechanical engineering

mechanical engineering

noun

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

Derived forms of mechanical engineering

mechanical engineer, noun

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Scientific definitions for mechanical engineering

mechanical engineering

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

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