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What is the meaning of civil in civil engineering?

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Historically, the term civil engineering was introduced to differentiate the peace time non military form of engineering intended to improve the natural and built environment for the benefit of mankind from military engineering (which is intended to support offensive, defensive or logistical operations in time of war).
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