MECHANICAL ENGINEER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mechanical engineer mean? 

• MECHANICAL ENGINEER (noun)
  The noun MECHANICAL ENGINEER has 1 sense:

1. a person trained to design and construct machines

  Familiarity information: MECHANICAL ENGINEER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MECHANICAL ENGINEER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person trained to design and construct machines

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("mechanical engineer" is a kind of...):

applied scientist; engineer; technologist (a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mechanical engineer"):

tribologist (a specialist in tribology)

 Context examples 

To understand how, Stanford University mechanical engineer David Lentink and colleagues studied lovebirds flying in a crosswind tunnel that features customizable wind and light settings.

(Scientists discover how birds navigate crosswinds, National Science Foundation)

In addition to fast charging, this design allows us to limit the battery's exposure time to the elevated charge temperature, thus generating a very long cycle life, says senior author Chao-Yang Wang, a mechanical engineer at The Pennsylvania State University.

(Modern Battery Design Can Charge Electric Car in 10 Minutes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)