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Definition of "chemical engineering" []

  • The branch of engineering that deals with the technology of large-scale chemical production and the manufacture of products through chemical processes. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "chemical engineering" in a sentence
  • "I had great faith in him since he had a degree in chemical engineering and he received an MBA from the Stevens Institute of Technology in 1970."
  • "At the 2006 Northwestern University commencement, I fell into a conversation with Dr. Robert Langer, an Institute Professor of chemical engineering at MIT and one of the nation’s foremost scientists."