agricultural engineering

noun

: the branch of engineering that deals with the design of farm machinery, the location and planning of farm structures, farm drainage, soil management and erosion control, water supply and irrigation, rural electrification, and the processing of farm products

Word History

First Known Use

1807, in the meaning defined above

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