EE

noun

the branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication

• Syn: ↑electrical engineering

• Members of this Topic: ↑repeater

• Hypernyms: ↑engineering, ↑engineering science, ↑applied science, ↑technology

• Hyponyms: ↑telecommunication

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\\ˈē\ noun (plural een \\ˈēn\)

Etymology: Middle English (northern dialect), from Old English ēage — more at eye

Scotland : eye

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a proportional shoe width size narrower than EEE and wider than E.

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abbrev

1. Early English

2. (also ee) errors excepted

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ee «ee», noun.

Scottish. eye.

-ee,

suffix added to verbs to form nouns.

1. a person who is _____: »

Absentee = a person who is absent.

2. a person who is _____ed: »

Appointee = a person who is appointed.

3. a person to whom something is _____ed: »

Mortgagee = a person to whom something is mortgaged.

4. a person who _____s: »

Standee = a person who stands.

╂[< Anglo-French -e, masculine past participle ending of verbs in -er < Latin -ātus. Compare etym. under -ate¹.]

e.e.,

errors excepted.

EE (no periods),

1. electrical engineer.

2. electrical engineering.

E.E.,

1. Early English.

2. a) electrical engineer. b) electrical engineering.

3. errors excepted.

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abbr.

■ electrical engineer

■ electrical engineering

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ee

north. and esp. Sc. form of eye, q.v. for the word and its compounds, ee-bree, ee-list, etc.