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Definition of Steam engine

1. 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.

Definition of Steam engine

1. Noun. A piston engine driven by steam (as contrasted, for example, with a steam turbine). ¹

2. Noun. Any heat engine that uses steam as its primary working fluid to do mechanical work. ¹

3. Noun. (British) A steam locomotive. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Steam Engine

Literary usage of Steam engine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal by Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1875)
"Now that was the condition in which Watt found the steam-engine. ... The most scient: had on the steam-engine, Tredgold, whose ' tin' present day, ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"A high pressure steam engine and ... The introduction of the slide-valve for operating the ports of a steam engine marked a distinct advance in economy, ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"The Marquis of Worcester had experimented with the steam-engine from about ... This was 100 years before the steam- engine was put to any practical use even ..."

4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1855)
"For a double-acting steam-engine improved to the utmost probable extent 2-50 „ 3. For a well-constructed and properly worked ordinary double-acting ..."

5. Industrial Arts Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1914)
"Elec W 61:154 Ja 18 '13 Philosophy of the uni flow steam engine. Eng N. 69:1133 My 29 '13 Recent improvements in the reciprocating engine art. il Sei Am ..."

6. A History of Commerce by Clive Day (1907)
"Technical history of the steam-engine. — The steam- engine has been in practical use in Europe since about 1700. The earliest engines, however, ..."

7. A History of Commerce by Clive Day (1907)
"Technical history of the steam-engine. — The steam- engine has been in practical use in Europe since about 1700. The earliest engines, however, ..."

8. A History of Commerce by Clive Day (1914)
"Technical history of the steam-engine. — The steam- engine has been in practical use in Europe since about 1700. The earliest engines, however, ..."

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