What does civil engineering mean?

Definitions for civil engineering
civil en·gi·neer·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. civil engineeringnoun

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

Wiktionary

  1. civil engineeringnoun

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

  2. Etymology: civil (from civilis, from cives 'citizen' + -ilis '-il(ian)') + the present participle of to engineer

Wikipedia

  1. 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 public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewage systems, pipelines, structural components of buildings, and railways.Civil engineering is traditionally broken into a number of sub-disciplines. It is considered the second-oldest engineering discipline after military engineering, and it is defined to distinguish non-military engineering from military engineering. Civil engineering can take place in the public sector from municipal public works departments through to federal government agencies, and in the private sector from locally based firms to global Fortune 500 companies.

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  1. civil engineering

    Civil engineering is a professional discipline of engineering that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewerage systems, pipelines, structural components of buildings, and railways.

Wikidata

  1. 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 oldest engineering discipline after military engineering, and it was defined to distinguish non-military engineering from military engineering. It is traditionally broken into several sub-disciplines including environmental engineering, geotechnical engineering, geophysics, geodesy, control engineering, structural engineering, biomechanics, nanotechnology, transportation engineering, earth science, atmospheric sciences, forensic engineering, municipal or urban engineering, water resources engineering, materials engineering, coastal engineering, surveying, and construction engineering. Civil engineering takes place on all levels: 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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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of civil engineering in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of civil engineering in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of civil engineering in a Sentence

  1. Luna Lu:

    In the field of civil engineering, if we don’t make an impact on the world, there won’t be a world to worry about.

  2. Alex Wurz:

    If it's from scratch and they don't have any roads down, they would need to be very advanced with not only their detailed planning but also tendering to find the correct contractors to build the place, in a crash program for the civil engineering you could maybe manage in six to nine months but that's pretty magic.


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  • هندسة مدنيةArabic
  • stavební inženýrstvíCzech
  • Bauingenieurwesen, BauwesenGerman
  • ingeniero civilSpanish
  • مهندسی عمرانPersian
  • rakennussuunnittelu, rakennustekniikka, rakentaminenFinnish
  • génie civilFrench
  • असैनिक अभियंत्रणHindi
  • הנדסה אזרחיתHebrew
  • 土木工学Japanese
  • អសេនិកវិស្វកម្ម, វិស្វកម្មស៊ីវិលKhmer
  • 토목공학, 土木工學Korean
  • civilis engineeringLatin
  • burgerlijke bouwkunde, civiele techniekDutch
  • AnleggsteknikkNorwegian
  • гражданское строительство, строительная инженерия, граRussian
  • civilingenjSwedish
  • inşaat mühendisliğiTurkish

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