civil engineering

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   the branch of engineering concerned with the design and construction of such public works as dams or bridges

   Broaderengineering

   Narrowerhydraulic engineering

Questions about civil engineering

What does civil engineering mean?

civil engineering means "the branch of engineering concerned with the design and construction of such public works as dams or bridges".

Is civil engineering a common word?

civil engineering is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.