MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The branch of engineering that deals with the design and construction and operation of machinery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("mechanical engineering" is a kind of...):

applied science; engineering; engineering science; technology (the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mechanical engineering"):

tribology (the branch of engineering that deals with the interaction of surfaces in relative motion (as in bearings or gears): their design and friction and wear and lubrication)

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