aeronautical engineering
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5.3
- noun
- /ˌɛəroʊˈnɔːtɪkəl ˌɛnʤɪˈnɪrɪŋ/
- Specialized
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ingeniería aeronáutica
- After completing a program in aeronautical engineering, he worked on designing parts for new aircraft.
Examples
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Denis Brasket has a degree in aeronautical engineering from the University of Minnesota.
Academic text (2005) -
The Wright brothers, though not the first to build a wind tunnel, used one before solving the puzzle of powered flight and giving birth, many would say, to the field of aeronautical engineering.
Academic text (2003) -
He held a degree in aeronautical engineering from UCLA.
Fiction book (1994) -
I studied aeronautical engineering at M.I.T. Isn't that where you got your Ph.D.?
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After receiving an ScD in aeronautical engineering in 1964 from MIT, she spent her entire academic career at the university.
Academic text (1993) -
What a great segue for learning about airplanes, airports, aeronautical engineering, and the science of moving people efficiently and safely through time and space.
Academic text (2007) -
Nye, which occupation would best fit for a student majoring in aeronautical engineering and minoring in music theory?
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Almost all participants are graduate students in mechanical engineering, although students from electrical and aeronautical engineering and a few fourth-year undergraduate students occasionally enroll.
Academic text (1995) -
Some fields fared better than others: computer specialists and those in aeronautical engineering had the greatest success, with placement of all their graduates; even officers who had studied pedagogy or business were having few problems.
Academic text (1990) -
Beverley Shenstone was a young Canadian aeronautical engineering graduate who came over to Britain and then immediately got himself a job with Junkers in Germany to try and find out what the Germans were doing in this area.
Synonyms
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6.3
The study and practice of designing, building, and flying airplanes and helicopters
How Technical
- Informal
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4.6
- Specialized
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6.3
- Specialized
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5.3
- Specialized
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6.3
- Specialized
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5.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'aeronautical' specifies the domain (aircraft/flight) and 'engineering' names the discipline, so together they denote the branch of engineering concerned with aircraft. This modifier+noun pattern is regular in English and cross-linguistically common, so a learner who knows both constituent words will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Aeronautical engineering comes from a simple image: aero means 'air' and nautical is about 'sailing', so it pictures people who 'sail' through the air. That's why it means 'the engineering of aircraft'.