Engineering vs Math - What's the difference?
engineering | math |
(label) The application of mathematics and the physical sciences to the needs of humanity and the development of technology.
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, title= The area aboard a ship where the engine is located.
(uncountable, North America)
(uncountable, North America) Arithmetic]] [[calculation, calculations; .
(countable, North America) A math course.
As nouns the difference between engineering and math
is that engineering is (label) the application of mathematics and the physical sciences to the needs of humanity and the development of technology while math is a mowing; what is gathered from mowing or math can be (uncountable|north america) or math can be (hinduism|jainism).As a verb engineering
is .engineering
English
(wikipedia engineering)Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)It's a gas, passage=One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.}}
Derived terms
(Derived terms) * aerospace engineering * chemical engineering * civil engineering * control engineering * electrical engineering * engineering society * genetic engineering * geotechnical engineering * information engineering * manufacturing engineering * mechanical engineering * mechatronics engineering * memetic engineering * molecular engineering * protein engineering * reverse engineering * social engineering * software engineering * soil mechanics and engineering * sound engineering * systems engineering * tombstone engineeringSee also
* science * applied mathematicsmath
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) math, from (etyl) . See (l).Derived terms
* (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)Etymology 2
Contraction of mathematics.Alternative forms
* maths (qualifier)Noun
(mathematics)- If you do the math , you'll see that it’s not such a bargain.
- $170 a month? That doesn’t sound right. Let me check your math .
- They needed to take two more maths