steam engine

noun

an engine worked by steam, typically one in which a sliding piston in a cylinder is moved by the expansive action of the steam generated in a boiler.

Origin of steam engine

First recorded in 1745–55

OTHER WORDS FROM steam engine

steam-engine, adjective

Words nearby steam engine

steam boiler, steam chest, steam coal, steamed, steamed up, steam engine, steamer, steamer basket, steamer chair, steamer rug, steamer trunk

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Example sentences from the Web for steam engine

I saw an immense wheel impelled round with frightful velocity by a steam-engine of two hundred and forty horse power.
Wild Wales|George Borrow
There is no internal periodicity about a hammer or a saw, but there is in the steam-engine or watermill when once set in motion.
Unconscious Memory|Samuel Butler
Since it was altered there have been three other trials; the result was 147 to 35 in favour of the pressure of the steam-engine.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
The steam-engine and the labor-saving machine, while bringing blessings to mankind, had brought curses also.
Famous Men and Great Events of the Nineteenth Century|Charles Morris

He smoked with regular puffs like the smoke stack of a steam-engine.
The King of the Mountains|Edmond About

British Dictionary definitions for steam engine

steam-engine

noun

an engine that uses the thermal energy of steam to produce mechanical work, esp one in which steam from a boiler is expanded in a cylinder to drive a reciprocating piston

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Scientific definitions for steam engine

steam engine

An engine in which the energy of hot steam is converted into mechanical power, especially an engine in which the force of expanding steam is used to drive one or more pistons. The source of the steam is typically external to the part of the machine that converts the steam energy into mechanical energy. Compare internal-combustion engine.

单词	steam engine
释义	steam engine noun an engine worked by steam, typically one in which a sliding piston in a cylinder is moved by the expansive action of the steam generated in a boiler. Origin of steam engine First recorded in 1745–55 OTHER WORDS FROM steam engine steam-engine, adjective Words nearby steam engine steam boiler, steam chest, steam coal, steamed, steamed up, steam engine, steamer, steamer basket, steamer chair, steamer rug, steamer trunk Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for steam engine I saw an immense wheel impelled round with frightful velocity by a steam-engine of two hundred and forty horse power. Wild Wales\|George Borrow There is no internal periodicity about a hammer or a saw, but there is in the steam-engine or watermill when once set in motion. Unconscious Memory\|Samuel Butler Since it was altered there have been three other trials; the result was 147 to 35 in favour of the pressure of the steam-engine. Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)\|Francis Trevithick The steam-engine and the labor-saving machine, while bringing blessings to mankind, had brought curses also. Famous Men and Great Events of the Nineteenth Century\|Charles Morris He smoked with regular puffs like the smoke stack of a steam-engine. The King of the Mountains\|Edmond About British Dictionary definitions for steam engine steam-engine noun an engine that uses the thermal energy of steam to produce mechanical work, esp one in which steam from a boiler is expanded in a cylinder to drive a reciprocating piston Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for steam engine steam engine An engine in which the energy of hot steam is converted into mechanical power, especially an engine in which the force of expanding steam is used to drive one or more pistons. The source of the steam is typically external to the part of the machine that converts the steam energy into mechanical energy. Compare internal-combustion engine. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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