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civil engineering

Noun

∙ The technical design and construction of public works (buildings, roads, bridges, harbors, public greens ...) and/or technically equivalent private (usually corporate) ones

BABYLON ENGLISH
civil engineering
designing of roads bridges and other public works structures

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
civil engineering
civil engineering
civil engineering, in modern usage, is strictly the art of planning, laying out, and constructing fixed public works, such as railroads, highways, canals, aqueducts, water works, bridges, lighthouses, docks, embankments, breakwaters, dams, tunnels, etc...
see also engineering

WORDNET 2.0
civil engineering
Noun
1. the branch of engineering concerned with the design and construction of such public works as dams or bridges
(hypernym) engineering, engineering science, applied science, technology
(hyponym) hydraulic engineering

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Civil engineering
Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works like roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings. Civil engineering is the second-oldest engineering discipline after military engineering, and it is defined to distinguish non-military engineering from military engineering. It is traditionally broken into several sub-disciplines including architectural engineering, environmental engineering, geotechnical engineering, control engineering, structural engineering, earthquake engineering, transportation engineering, forensic engineering, municipal or urban engineering, water resources engineering, materials engineering, wastewater engineering, offshore engineering, facade engineering, quantity surveying, coastal engineering, construction surveying, and construction engineering. Civil engineering takes place in the public sector from municipal through to national governments, and in the private sector from individual homeowners through to international companies.
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