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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An engineer trained in the design and construction of public works, such as bridges or dams, and other large facilities.
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- noun An
engineer who is specificallly trained for and/or specialised incivil engineering
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- noun an engineer trained to design and construct and maintain public works (roads or bridges or harbors etc.)
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elohiwarrior commented on the word civil engineer
Civil service as seen here. "Engineering is the application of pure science to practical problems. More specifically, engineering is a professional activity that uses imagination, judgement, and intelligence in the application of science, technology, mathematics, and practical experience to design, produce, and operate useful objects or processes that meet the needs and desires of humanity. It is sometimes considered to be synonymous with technology. Professional practitioners of engineering are called engineers.
Etymology
It is a myth that engineer originated to describe those who built engines. In fact, the words engine and engineer (as well as ingenious) developed in parallel from the Latin root ingeniosus, meaning "skilled". An engineer is thus a clever, practical, problem solver. The spelling of engineer was later influenced by back-formation from engine. The term later evolved to include all fields where the skills of application of the scientific method are used. In some other languages, such as Arabic, the word for "engineering" also means "geometry"."
July 16, 2009