Engineering
Engineering noun - The discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems.
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Industrial and engineering are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Industrial" instead an adjective "Engineering".
Nearby Words: engineer, engineered
Industrial
Industrial adjective - Of or relating to or resulting from industry.
Engineering and industrial are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Engineering" instead an adjective "Industrial".
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China has a reputation for doing exactly this with their military hardware, sometimes obtained legitimately -the Soviet Union donated a lot of plans and tooling in the 1950s and 60s- but frequently through reverse-engineering or industrial espionage.
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Justified in that he is likely one of only a handful of remaining people on Earth with a working knowledge of civil engineering, industrial machinery, large-scale power generation, and chemistry.
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Asami Sato didn't just inherit her father's industrial company, she also inherited his engineering genius.
Source: Gadgeteer Genius
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