electrical engineering

noun

: a type of engineering that deals with the uses of electricity

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To these must now also be added an appreciation of his idiosyncratic prowess in electrical engineering. IEEE Spectrum, 4 Feb. 2025 College majors of choice tend to be psychology, education, government, law and business, while a majority of computer and electrical engineering graduate students are foreigners. Jerry Haar, Baltimore Sun, 12 Jan. 2025 Douglas also mentions Vannevar Bush, who’s popular at MIT, too, and taught electrical engineering in 1919. John Werner, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024 The Palestine Branch prison in Damascus In the center of Damascus, the Military Intelligence Directorate’s Branch 235 is a concrete high-rise building tucked behind the electrical engineering faculty of Damascus University. Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for electrical engineering 

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electrical engineering

noun
: engineering dealing with the practical applications of electricity
electrical engineer noun
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