Term: industrial engineering: the branch of engineering that deals with the creation and management of systems that integrate people and materials and energy in productive ways
Broader: engineering: the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems | Unrelated: lion's foot: common perennial herb widely distributed in the southern and eastern United States having drooping clusters of pinkish flowers and thick basal leaves suggesting a lion's foot in shape; sometimes placed in genus Prenanthes
Broader: engineering: the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems | Unrelated: drawback: the quality of being a hindrance
Broader: engineering: the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems | Unrelated: half-century: a period of 50 years
Broader: engineering: the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems | Unrelated: common fennel: strongly aromatic with a smell of aniseed; leaves and seeds used for seasoning
Broader: engineering: the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems | Unrelated: purchase: a means of exerting influence or gaining advantage
Broader: engineering: the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems | Unrelated: cobble: rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads
Broader: engineering: the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems | Unrelated: guinea worm disease: a painful and debilitating infestation contracted by drinking stagnant water contaminated with Guinea worm larvae that can mature inside a human's abdomen until the worm emerges through a painful blister in the person's skin
Broader: engineering: the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems | Unrelated: greenness: the state of not being ripe
Broader: engineering: the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems | Unrelated: bossism: domination of a political organization by a party boss
Broader: engineering: the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems | Unrelated: pneumonic plague: a rapidly progressive and frequently fatal form of the plague that can spread through the air from person to person; characterized by lung involvement with chill, bloody expectoration and high fever