NUCLEAR ENGINEERING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nuclear engineering mean? 

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

1. the branch of engineering concerned with the design and construction and operation of nuclear reactors

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• NUCLEAR ENGINEERING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The branch of engineering concerned with the design and construction and operation of nuclear reactors

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("nuclear 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)