electrical engineering
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3.9
- noun
- /ɪˈlɛktrɪkəl ˌɛnʤɪˈnɪrɪŋ/
- Specialized
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ingeniería eléctrica
- Tim returned to school to pursue a degree in electrical engineering at Arizona State University.
- a degree in electrical engineering
- an electrical engineering professor
- the electrical engineering department
He, he got his degree in electrical engineering and he's very crafty.
- He, he got his degree in electrical engineering and he's very crafty.
- And this I did in my own case that I was planning to study economics and electrical engineering when I started at MIT.
- He may, if we don't do the major, he may expand electrical engineering and, and they'll do it.
- So a negative charge and a positive charge and an electrical engineering and understanding of that, it forms a capacitor.
- It might a better way to pursue it might be through computer science, electrical engineering, machine learning and AI.
- There were, it was basically electrical engineering that kept at it and computer science just gave up, gave up on the neural Nets.
Examples
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Many universities offer degrees in electrical engineering that prepare students for careers in power generation and electronics.
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Both had become fascinated by computers and had majored in electrical engineering.
Fiction book (2002) -
Ideally, these are standard on the electrical engineering side.
Academic text (2003) -
A survey was developed by three engineering faculty members from the departments of mechanical, civil, and electrical engineering.
Academic text (2007) -
Although primarily mechanical engineers, students also came from civil and electrical engineering, as well as from computer and information science backgrounds.
Academic text (2005) -
The majority of male students are enrolled in the telecommunications and electrical engineering programs, while the women mainly take business courses.
Academic text (2003) -
The best design for MEMS is done by a team that is expert in both mechanical and electrical engineering.
Academic text (2003) -
Alfonso Rueda is a professor of electrical engineering at California State University in Long Beach.
Academic text (1996) -
Coburn received his PhD in electrical engineering from the University of Minnesota in 1967.
Academic text (1993) -
Mrs. Deutsch received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Columbia University and Syracuse University, respectively.
Academic text (1995)
How Specialized
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3.9
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase combines 'electrical' (relating to electricity) with 'engineering' (the discipline of applying science to design and build), so its meaning as the branch of engineering dealing with electricity is compositionally transparent. This adjective + noun construction is cross-linguistically common and follows standard English modification patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will understand the MWE.
Etymology
The name electrical engineering comes from joining electrical (about electricity) and engineering (designing and building machines). When people began to make and control electric power with wires, motors and lights, they needed engineers to design those systems, so the phrase means 'the study and work of using electricity to make devices and power systems'.