power engineering
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4.2
- noun
- Specialized
:
ingeniería eléctrica
- The idea for the kit began with Ned Mohan, a professor of electrical engineering at the University of Minnesota, who had noticed a shrinking enrollment of EE students studying power engineering.
- nuclear power engineering
Examples
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Dr. Komanduri earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and a master's degree in heat power engineering at Osmania University in 1964 and 1966.
Academic text (2011) -
Power engineering plays a crucial role in developing efficient systems for power engineering that manage electricity production and consumption.
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This significant task would most likely require a joint effort with a power system operator or a regulator that would provide access to the large data set and the detailed power engineering knowledge required.
Academic text (2000) -
One is a small-scale project on the economical design of active noise control systems; the other is a larger-scale project in power engineering systems.
Academic text (1996) -
Only (N-1) net injections are independent. As is customary in the power engineering literature, we write the power flow equations as a function on only the (N-1) independent net injections, and call the node which is not represented the 'swing node' or 'swing bus.'
Academic text (2000) -
The university offers specialized courses in power engineering to prepare students for careers in energy generation and distribution.
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After completing his degree in power engineering, she found a job designing electrical systems for renewable energy projects.
How Specialized
- Specialized
1
4.2
- Specialized
11
3.9
- Specialized
770
3.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound follows a regular English pattern noun + engineering where the first noun specifies the engineering field, so a learner who knows 'power' (electric energy) and 'engineering' (applied science discipline) can infer it refers to engineering concerned with power. Although a technical specialization, the meaning is transparently compositional and mirrored in many languages, so it should be clear to a B1 learner familiar with both constituents.
Etymology
Power engineering comes from putting together power (meaning 'electric power') and engineering (meaning design and build). It refers to engineers who design and run the systems that make and move electricity, so it means 'working with electric power and devices'.