steam engine
11steam engine — engine using pressurized steam to supply mechanical energy …
12steam engine — noun external combustion engine in which heat is used to raise steam which either turns a turbine or forces a piston to move up and down in a cylinder • Hypernyms: ↑external combustion engine • Part Holonyms: ↑steam locomotive, ↑steamer,… …
13steam engine — noun a) A piston engine driven by steam (as contrasted, for example, with a steam turbine). b) Any heat engine that uses steam as its primary working fluid to do mechanical work …
14steam engine — An external combustion engine where water is converted to steam in a boiler outside the cylinder. The steam is then admitted to the cylinder where it expands against a piston. As the steam expands it cools and begins to condense. This mixture of… …
15steam engine — noun Date: 1751 an engine driven or worked by steam; specifically a reciprocating engine having a piston driven in a closed cylinder by steam …
16steam engine — noun an engine that uses the expansion or rapid condensation of steam to generate power. ↘a steam locomotive …
17steam engine — /ˈstim ɛndʒən/ (say steem enjuhn) 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 …
18Back-acting steam engine — Steam engine Steam en gine ([e^]n j[i^]n). An engine moved by steam. [1913 Webster] Note: In its most common forms its essential parts are a piston, a cylinder, and a valve gear. The piston works in the cylinder, to which steam is admitted by the …
19Back-action steam engine — Steam engine Steam en gine ([e^]n j[i^]n). An engine moved by steam. [1913 Webster] Note: In its most common forms its essential parts are a piston, a cylinder, and a valve gear. The piston works in the cylinder, to which steam is admitted by the …
20Portable steam engine — Steam engine Steam en gine ([e^]n j[i^]n). An engine moved by steam. [1913 Webster] Note: In its most common forms its essential parts are a piston, a cylinder, and a valve gear. The piston works in the cylinder, to which steam is admitted by the …
