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foundation engineering foundation engineering[fau̇n′dā·shən ‚en·jə‚nir·iŋ] (civil engineering) That branch of engineering concerned with evaluating the earth's ability to support a load and designing substructures to transmit the load of superstructures to the earth. foundation engineeringThat aspect of engineering concerned with the evaluation of the ability of the earth to support a load, and with the design of a substructure or transition member to transmit the load of the superstructure to the earth. |