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The branch of engineering that deals with the technology of electricity, especially the design and application of circuitry and equipment for power generation and distribution, machine control, and communications.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: electroengineering
Antonyms: none provided
the branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: EE
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: engineering, engineering science, applied science, technology
Narrower terms: telecommunication
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
56 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Abkhaz:
афымцатехника
(afəmcatʼexnikʼa)
— branch of engineering
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Armenian:
էլեկտրատեխնիկա
(ēlektratexnika)
— branch of engineering
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Asturian:
inxeniería llétrica
— branch of engineering
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Belarusian:
электратэ́хніка
(eljektratéxnika)
— branch of engineering
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Bulgarian:
електроинжене́рство
(elektroinženérstvo)
— branch of engineering
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Bulgarian:
електроте́хника
(elektrotéhnika)
— branch of engineering
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Catalan:
electrotècnia
— branch of engineering
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Catalan:
enginyeria elèctrica
— branch of engineering
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Chinese Cantonese:
電機工程 /电机工程
(din6 gei1 gung1 cing4)
— branch of engineering
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Chinese Mandarin:
電機工程 /电机工程
(diànjī gōngchéng)
— branch of engineering
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Czech:
elektrotechnika
— branch of engineering
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Czech:
elektroinženýrství
— branch of engineering
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Czech:
elektrické inženýrství
— branch of engineering
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Danish:
elektroteknik
— branch of engineering
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Dutch:
elektrotechniek
— branch of engineering
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Esperanto:
elektrotekniko
— branch of engineering
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Faroese:
ravmagnsverkfrøði
— branch of engineering
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Finnish:
sähkötekniikka
— branch of engineering
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French:
électrotechnique
— branch of engineering
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French:
génie électrique
— branch of engineering
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French:
ingénierie électrique
— branch of engineering
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Galician:
enxeñaría eléctrica
— branch of engineering
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Georgian:
ელექტროტექნიკა
(elekṭroṭekniḳa)
— branch of engineering
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German:
Elektrotechnik
— branch of engineering
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Hindi:
विद्युत अभियान्त्रिकी
(vidyut abhiyāntrikī)
— branch of engineering
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Hungarian:
elektrotechnika
— branch of engineering
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Icelandic:
rafmagnsverkfræði
— branch of engineering
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Indonesian:
teknik elektro
— branch of engineering
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Irish:
innealtóireacht leictreach
— branch of engineering
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Irish:
innealtóireacht leictreachais
— branch of engineering
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Italian:
elettrotecnica
— branch of engineering
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Japanese:
電気工学
(denki kōgaku)
— branch of engineering
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Kazakh:
электротехника
(élektrotexnika)
— branch of engineering
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Korean:
전기공학
(jeon'gigonghak)
— branch of engineering
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Northern Kurdish:
endezyariya elektrîkê
— branch of engineering
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Kyrgyz:
электротехника
(elektrotehnika)
— branch of engineering
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Macedonian:
електротехника
(elektrotehnika)
— branch of engineering
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Malay:
kejuruteraan elektrik
— branch of engineering
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Norwegian Bokmål:
elektroteknikk
— branch of engineering
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
elektroteknikk
— branch of engineering
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Persian:
مهندسی برق
(mohandesi-ye barq)
— branch of engineering
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Polish:
elektrotechnika
— branch of engineering
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Portuguese:
engenharia elétrica
— branch of engineering
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Romanian:
electrotehnică
— branch of engineering
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Romanian:
inginerie electrică
— branch of engineering
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Russian:
электроте́хника
(elektrotéxnika)
— branch of engineering
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Serbo-Croatian:
електротѐхника
— branch of engineering
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Serbo-Croatian:
elektrotèhnika
— branch of engineering
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Spanish:
ingeniería eléctrica
— branch of engineering
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Swedish:
elektroteknik
— branch of engineering
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Tagalog:
dagitbing agsikapan
— branch of engineering
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Tamil:
மின் பொறியியல்
(miṉ poṟiyiyal)
— branch of engineering
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Turkish:
elektrik-elektronik mühendisliği
— branch of engineering
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Ukrainian:
електроте́хніка
(elektrotéxnika)
— branch of engineering
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Uzbek:
elektrotexnika
— branch of engineering
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Vietnamese:
kĩ thuật điện
— branch of engineering