engineering science

1. 1.

   the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems

   “he had trouble deciding which branch of engineering to study”

   Synonymsengineeringapplied sciencetechnology

   Broaderdiscipline

   Narroweraeronautical engineeringbionicsbiotechnologychemical engineeringcivil engineeringelectrical engineeringcomputer sciencearchitectural engineeringindustrial engineeringinformation technology

Questions about engineering science

What does engineering science mean?

engineering science means "the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems".

What is another word for engineering science?

Close synonyms include engineering, applied science, technology. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is engineering science a common word?

engineering science 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.