Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
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;
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
chemical engineering
n 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