Oxford Dictionaries Definition

Noun 1. a person who designs and builds machines and objects for a specified purpose.

Verb  1. Design and build a machine or structure.

Author’s Definition

Noun 1. a person who designs and builds machines and objects for a specified purpose.

Verb  1. Design and build a machine or object for a specified purpose.

Noun 2. a person who performs intelligent work to create entities that natural causes either cannot or cannot in the quantity, time or speed desired.

  Note: This definition in included to distinguish design vs. actualization as it seems they are often conflated, and to exclude maintenance with is typically the role of a technician.

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