engine : Idioms & Phrases

Air" engine`

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1. An engine driven by heated or by compressed air. Knight.

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• noun the engine that powers and aircraft
  

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• an engine in which the vapor of ammonia is used as the motive force.

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• a steam engine whose piston descends by the pressure of the atmosphere, when the steam which raised it is condensed within the cylinder. Tomlinson.

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• noun the engine that propels an automobile
  

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• noun (nautical) a small engine (as one used on board ships to operate a windlass)
  auxiliary engine.
  

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• a steam engine in which the motion is transmitted backward from the crosshead to a crank which is between the crosshead and the cylinder, or beyond the cylinder.

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• a steam engine used in excavating and for digging and raising stones and gravel for ballast.

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• a steam engine having a working beam to transmit power, in distinction from one which has its piston rod attached directly to the crank of the wheel shaft.

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• a kind of engine operated air.

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• a machine for carding cotton, wool, or other fiber, by subjecting it to the action of cylinders, or drum covered with wire-toothed cards, revoling nearly in contact with each other, at different rates of speed, or in opposite directions, The staple issues in soft sheets, or in slender rolls called sivers.

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• an engine operated by the elastic force of compressed air.

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• (Mech.), a form of steam engine in which the steam that has been used in a high-pressure cylinder is made to do further service in a larger low-pressure cylinder, sometimes in several larger cylinders, successively.

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• a steam engine in which the steam is condensed after having exerted its force on the piston.

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• a single-acting pumping engine, used in mines, in Cornwall and elsewhere, and for water works. A heavy pump rod or plunger, raised by the steam, forces up the water by its weight, in descending.

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• . See Geometric lathe.

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• (Paper Making), a machine in which a cylinder takes up the pulp and delivers it in a continuous sheet to the dryers.

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• noun an internal-combustion engine that burns heavy oil
  diesel motor; diesel.
  

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• one in which motion is transmitted to the crank without the intervention of a beam or lever; also called direct-action steam engine.

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• a form of rotary steam engine.

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• a machine for graduating circles (as for astronomical instruments) or bars (as for scales); also, for spacing off and cutting teeth in wheels.

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• noun a locomotive for switching rolling stock in a railroad yard
  donkey engine.
  
• noun (nautical) a small engine (as one used on board ships to operate a windlass)
  auxiliary engine.
  

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• a small auxiliary engine not used for propelling, but for pumping water into the boilers, raising heavy weights, and like purposes.

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• . Same as Draught box, Draught engine, etc. See under Draught.

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• (Mining), an engine used for pumping, raising heavy weights, and the like.

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• a steam pump in which two steam cylinders are placed side by side, one operating the valves of the other.

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• the ratio of the work done an engine, to the work due to the heat supplied to it.

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• an engine in which the motive force is electro-magnetism.

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• noun a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine
  cylinder block; block.
  
  • the engine had to be replaced because the block was cracked

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• noun equipment in a motor vehicle that cools the engine
  cooling system.
  

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• noun the operator of a railway locomotive
  locomotive engineer; railroad engineer; engineer.
  

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• one who manages an engine; specifically, the engineer of a locomotive.

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• noun engine does not run
  

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• . (Mach.) See under Lathe.

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• noun a room (as on a ship) in which the engine is located
  engineering.
  

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• a machine tool. J. Whitworth.

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• (Fine Arts), a method of ornamentation by means of a rose engine.

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En"gine-sized` adjective

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1. Sized by a machine, and not while in the pulp; -- said of paper. Knight.

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• noun a rotary engine that is a four-stroke internal-combustion engine without reciprocating parts
  epitrochoidal engine; Wankel engine.
  

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• (Mach.), a condensing engine like a steam engine, but operated by the vapor of ether instead of by steam.

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• noun a heat engine in which ignition occurs outside the chamber (cylinder or turbine) in which heat is converted to mechanical energy
  

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• noun a jet engine in which a fan driven by a turbine provides extra air to the burner and gives extra thrust
  fanjet engine; fanjet; turbofan engine; turbojet; turbofan; fan-jet.
  

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• noun any of various large trucks that carry firemen and equipment to the site of a fire
  fire truck.
  

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• a portable forcing pump, usually on wheels, for throwing water to extinguish fire.

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• an early name for the gas engine.

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• a fire engine.

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• noun an internal-combustion engine in which an explosive mixture is drawn into the cylinder on the first stroke and is compressed and ignited on the second stroke; work is done on the third stroke and the products of combustion are exhausted on the fourth stroke
  four-stroke engine.
  

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• noun an internal-combustion engine in which an explosive mixture is drawn into the cylinder on the first stroke and is compressed and ignited on the second stroke; work is done on the third stroke and the products of combustion are exhausted on the fourth stroke
  four-stroke engine.
  

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• a wheelbarrow tank and pump for watering gardens.

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• noun an internal-combustion engine similar to a gasoline engine but using natural gas instead of gasoline vapor
  

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• an engine in which the motion of the piston is produced by the combustion or sudden production or expansion of gas; especially, an engine in which an explosive mixture of gas and air is forced into the working cylinder and ignited there by a gas flame or an electric spark. = internal combustion engine

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• noun an internal-combustion engine that burns gasoline; most automobiles are driven by gasoline engines
  gasoline engine.
  

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• a freight locomotive. Eng.

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• a dividing engine. See Dividing engine, under Dividing.

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• a steam engine having a working beam with its fulcrum at one end, the steam cylinder at the other end, and the connecting rod at an intermediate point.

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• noun any engine that makes use of heat to do work
  

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• any apparatus by which a heated substance, as a heated fluid, is made to perform work by giving motion to mechanism, as a hot-air engine, or a steam engine.

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• an engine in which steam at high pressure is used. It may be either a condensing or a noncondensing engine. Formerly the term was used only of the latter. See Steam engine.

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• a steam engine for operating a hoist.

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• one the piston of which works horizontally.

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• noun a heat engine in which combustion occurs inside the engine rather than in a separate furnace; heat expands a gas that either moves a piston or turns a gas turbine
  ICE.
  

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• noun a type of reaction-propulsion engine to propel rockets in space; a stream of positive ions is accelerated to a high velocity by an electric field
  

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• noun a gas turbine produces a stream of hot gas that propels a jet plane by reaction propulsion
  

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• (Textile Manuf.), A machine for forming fiber info a lap. See its Lap, 9.

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• noun a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks
  engine; locomotive; railway locomotive.
  

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• . Same as Locomotive, above.

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• a steam engine in which low steam is used; often applied to a condensing engine even when steam at high pressure is used. See Steam engine.

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• a mechanical lift for raising or lowering people through considerable distances; specifically (Mining), a contrivance by which miners ascend or descend in a shaft. It consists of a series of landings in the shaft and an equal number of shelves on a vertical rod which has an up and down motion equal to the distance between the successive landings. A man steps from a landing to a shelf and is lifted or lowered to the next landing, upon which he them steps, and so on, traveling by successive stages.

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• (Mech.), a steam engine for propelling a vessel.

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• a gas engine worked with the explosive vapor of petroleum.

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• a steam engine whose cylinder oscillates on trunnions instead of being permanently fixed in a perpendicular or other direction.

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• a vertical steam engine in which the cylinder stands above the crank.

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• noun an internal-combustion engine that burns gasoline; most automobiles are driven by gasoline engines
  gasoline engine.
  

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• an apparatus for driving down piles, consisting usually of a high frame, with suitable appliances for raising to a height (by animal or steam power, the explosion of gunpowder, etc.) a heavy mass of iron, which falls upon the pile.

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• noun a locomotive that precedes a train to check the track
  

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• a locomotive going in advance of a train to make sure that the way is clear.

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• a small locomotive for switching cars from one track to another. U.S.

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• a steam engine combined with, and attached to, a boiler which is mounted on wheels so as to admit of easy transportation; used for driving machinery in the field, as trashing machines, draining pumps, etc.

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• (Paper Making), a machine in which washed rags are stirred in a bleaching solution.

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• a steam engine and pump combined for raising water. See Steam engine.

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• noun an internal-combustion engine having cylinders arranged radially around a central crankcase
  radial engine.
  

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• noun a simple type of jet engine; must be launched at high speed
  flying drainpipe; ramjet; athodyd; atherodyde.
  

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• noun a jet or rocket engine based on a form of aerodynamic propulsion in which the vehicle emits a high-speed stream
  reaction engine.
  

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• noun a jet or rocket engine based on a form of aerodynamic propulsion in which the vehicle emits a high-speed stream
  reaction engine.
  

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• noun an internal-combustion engine in which the crankshaft is turned by pistons moving up and down in cylinders
  

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• a steam, air, or gas engine, etc., in which the piston moves back and forth; in distinction from a rotary engine, in which the piston travels continuously in one direction in a circular path.

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• a steam engine having a reversing gear by means of which it can be made to run in either direction at will.

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• a simple form of pile driver in which the monkey is lifted by men pulling on ropes.

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• noun a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion
  rocket.
  

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• a machine, or an appendage to a turning lathe, by which a surface or wood, metal, etc., is engraved with a variety of curved lines. Craig.

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• noun an internal-combustion engine in which power is transmitted directly to rotating components
  
• noun an internal-combustion engine having cylinders arranged radially around a central crankcase
  radial engine.
  

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• steam engine in which the continuous rotation of the shaft is produced by the direct action of the steam upon rotating devices which serve as pistons, instead of being derived from a reciprocating motion, as in the ordinary engine; a steam turbine; called also rotatory engine.

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• a steam engine in which the reciprocating motion of the piston is transformed into a continuous rotary motion, as by means of a connecting rod, a working beam and crank, or an oscillating cylinder.

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• a marine engine for driving a screw propeller.

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• noun a computer program that retrieves documents or files or data from a database or from a computer network (especially from the internet)
  

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• . (a) A steam engine having both bearings for the crank shaft attached to the frame of the engine . (b) A steam engine and boiler combined and fastened together; a portable steam engine.

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• a steam engine combined with, and attached to, a steam boiler, but not mounted on wheels.

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• a marine steam engine having a working beam of each side of the cylinder, near the bottom of the engine, communicating motion to a crank that is above them.

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• an engine in which the energy of solar heat is used to produce motion, as in evaporating water for a steam engine, or expanding air for an air engine.

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• . (a) A steam engine thet is permanently placed, in distinction from a portable engine, locomotive, marine engine, etc. Specifically: (b) A factory engine, in distinction from a blowing, pumping, or other kind of engine which is also permanently placed.

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• 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
  

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Steam" en"gine

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1. An engine moved by steam. ✍ 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 action of the valve gear, and communicates motion to the machinery to be actuated. Steam engines are thus classified: 1. According to the wat the steam is used or applied, as condencing, noncondencing, compound, double-acting, single-acting, triple-expansion, etc. 2. According to the motion of the piston, as reciprocating, rotary, etc. 3. According to the motion imparted by the engine, as rotative and nonrotative. 4. According to the arrangement of the engine, as stationary, portable, and semiportable engines, beam engine, oscillating engine, direct-acting and back-acting engines, etc. 5. According to their uses, as portable, marine, locomotive, pumping, blowing, winding, and stationary engines. Locomotive and portable engines are usually high-pressure, noncondencing, rotative, and direct-acting. Marine engines are high or low pressure, rotative, and generally condencing, double-acting, and compound. Paddle engines are generally beam, sidelever, oscillating, or direct-acting. Screw engines are generally direct-acting, back-acting, or oscillating. Stationary engines belong to various classes, but are generally rotative. A horizontal or inclined stationary steam engine is called a left-hand or a right-hand engine when the crank shaft and driving pulley are on the left-hand side, or the right-hand side, respectively, or the engine, to a person looking at them from the cylinder, and is said to run forward or backward when the crank traverses the upward half, or lower half, respectively, of its path, while the piston rod makes its stroke outward from the cylinder. A marine engine, or the engine of a locomotive, is said to run forward when its motion is such as would propel the vessel or the locomotive forward. Steam engines are further classified as double-cylinder, disk, semicylinder, trunk engines, etc. Machines, such as cranes, hammers, etc., of which the steam engine forms a part, are called steam cranes, steam hammers, etc. See Illustration in Appendix.

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• a fire engine consisting of a steam boiler and engine, and pump which is driven by the engine, combined and mounted on wheels. It is usually drawn by horses, but is sometimes made self-propelling.

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• a vertical back-acting steam engine having the cylinder beneath the crosshead.

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• noun a locomotive for switching rolling stock in a railroad yard
  donkey engine.
  

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• a locomotive for switching cars from one track to another, and making up trains; called also switch engine. U.S.

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• a compound steam engine having two or more steam cylinders in the same axis, close to one another.

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• noun a locomotive that carries its own fuel and water; no tender is needed
  tank locomotive.
  

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• a locomotive which carries the water and fuel it requires, thus dispensing with a tender.

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• (Pottery), a machine on which earthenware is first rudely shaped by the hand of the potter from a mass of clay revolving rapidly on a disk or table carried by a vertical spindle; a potter's wheel.

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• to cause it to perform its revolutions or action in the opposite direction.

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• noun steam-powered locomotive for drawing heavy loads along surfaces other than tracks
  

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• a locomotive for drawing vehicles on highways or in the fields.

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• a compound steam engine in which the same steam performs work in three cylinders successively.

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• a marine engine, the piston rod of which is a trunk. See Trunk, 10.

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• noun a jet engine in which a fan driven by a turbine provides extra air to the burner and gives extra thrust
  fanjet engine; fanjet; turbofan engine; turbojet; turbofan; fan-jet.
  

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• noun a jet engine in which a fan driven by a turbine provides extra air to the burner and gives extra thrust
  fanjet engine; fanjet; turbofan engine; turbojet; turbofan; fan-jet.
  

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• an engine lathe.

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• noun internal-combustion engine having both inlet and exhaust valves located in the cylinder head
  

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• an engine worked by the expansive force of a vapor, esp. a vapor other than steam.

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• a steam engine having the crank shaft vertically above or below a vertical cylinder.

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• noun a rotary engine that is a four-stroke internal-combustion engine without reciprocating parts
  epitrochoidal engine; Wankel engine.
  

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• noun a rotary engine that is a four-stroke internal-combustion engine without reciprocating parts
  epitrochoidal engine; Wankel engine.
  

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Wa"ter en"gine

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1. An engine to raise water; or an engine moved by water; also, an engine or machine for extinguishing fires; a fire engine.

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• an engine employed in mining to draw up buckets from a deep pit; a hoisting engine.

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