steam engine (english)

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun has 1 sense

steam engine(n = noun.artifact) - 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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CIDE DICTIONARY

An engine moved by steam. [1913 Webster]

Back-acting steam engine, or Back-action steam engine, 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. -- Portable steam engine, 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 thrashing machines, draining pumps, etc. -- Semiportable steam engine, a steam engine combined with, and attached to, a steam boiler, but not mounted on wheels.