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Noun: chemical engineering
  1. The branch of engineering that is concerned with the design and construction and operation of the plants and machinery used in industrial chemical processes
     
  2. The activity of applying chemistry to the solution of practical problems

Type of: applied science, engineering, engineering science, tech [informal], technology

Encyclopedia: Chemical engineering

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