INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does industrial engineering mean? 

• INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING (noun)
  The noun INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING has 1 sense:

1. the branch of engineering that deals with the creation and management of systems that integrate people and materials and energy in productive ways

  Familiarity information: INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING (noun)

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Meaning:

The branch of engineering that deals with the creation and management of systems that integrate people and materials and energy in productive ways

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

industrial engineering; industrial management

Hypernyms ("industrial engineering" is a kind of...):

applied science; engineering; engineering science; technology (the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems)