This dimension links an engineered system to the branch of engineering that designed it. Wikipedia describes the Hoover Dam as "a concrete arch-gravity dam," a structure squarely within civil engineering rather than mechanical or electrical design. Browsing by field groups systems built by the same branch of engineering.
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1. Wikipedia: Engineering
WikipediaIntroduction, traditional disciplinesQuote, Introduction, traditional disciplines
The traditional disciplines of engineering are civil, mechanical, electrical, and chemical.
2. Wikipedia: Nuclear engineering
WikipediaHistory, 1951 first electricity-generating reactorQuote, History, 1951 first electricity-generating reactor
The first nuclear reactor to generate electricity was Experimental Breeder Reactor I (EBR-I), which did so near Arco, Idaho, in 1951 on December 20.
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