noun
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
• Syn: ↑electrical engineering
• Members of this Topic: ↑repeater
• Hypernyms: ↑engineering, ↑engineering science, ↑applied science, ↑technology
• Hyponyms: ↑telecommunication
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\\ˈē\ noun (plural een \\ˈēn\)Etymology: Middle English (northern dialect), from Old English ēage — more at eye
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a proportional shoe width size narrower than EEE and wider than E.
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abbrev
1. Early English
2. (also ee) errors excepted
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ee «ee», noun.
Scottish. eye.
-ee,
suffix added to verbs to form nouns.
1. a person who is _____: »
Absentee = a person who is absent.
2. a person who is _____ed: »
Appointee = a person who is appointed.
3. a person to whom something is _____ed: »
Mortgagee = a person to whom something is mortgaged.
4. a person who _____s: »
Standee = a person who stands.
╂[< Anglo-French -e, masculine past participle ending of verbs in -er < Latin -ātus. Compare etym. under -ate1.]
e.e.,
errors excepted.
EE (no periods),
1. electrical engineer.
2. electrical engineering.
E.E.,
1. Early English.
2. a) electrical engineer. b) electrical engineering.
3. errors excepted.
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abbr.
■ electrical engineer
■ electrical engineering
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eenorth. and esp. Sc. form of eye, q.v. for the word and its compounds, ee-bree, ee-list, etc.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.