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engine
[ en-juhn ]
noun
- a machine for converting thermal energy into mechanical energy or power to produce force and motion.
- a railroad locomotive.
- a fire engine.
- Computers. a piece or collection of software that drives a later process (used in combination, as in game engine software engine ). search engine.
- any mechanical contrivance.
- a machine or instrument used in warfare, as a battering ram, catapult, or piece of artillery.
- a means by which something is achieved, accomplished, or furthered:
Trade is an engine of growth that creates jobs, reduces poverty, and increases economic opportunity.
- Obsolete. an instrument of torture, especially the rack.
engine
/ ˈɛ²Ô»åÏôɪ²Ô /
noun
- any machine designed to convert energy, esp heat energy, into mechanical work
a petrol engine
a steam engine
- a railway locomotive
- ( as modifier )
the engine cab
- military any of various pieces of equipment formerly used in warfare, such as a battering ram or gun
- obsolete.any instrument or device
engines of torture
engine
/ Ä•²Ô′ÂáÄ²Ô /
- A machine that turns energy into mechanical force or motion, especially one that gets its energy from a source of heat, such as the burning of a fuel. The efficiency of an engine is the ratio between the kinetic energy produced by the machine and the energy needed to produce it.
- See more at internal-combustion engineSee also motor
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ±ð²Ô·²µ¾±²Ô±ð·±ô±ð²õ²õ adjective
- ³¾³Ü±ô·³Ù¾±Â·±ð²Ô·²µ¾±²Ô±ð noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of engine1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of engine1
Example Sentences
They are used across a massive range of industries from food to make-up to engines and into agriculture.
A Palestinian paramedic who survived the attack, speaking to the BBC, challenged the Israeli account of how five ambulances, a fire engine and a UN vehicle were fired on while responding to emergency calls.
A Times investigation found that fire officials could have placed additional engines and personnel in the field as wind forecasts worsened ahead of the fire.
Trump’s tariff on cars and light trucks is set to take effect on April 3, and tariffs on certain auto parts, including engines and transmissions, will take effect no later than May 3.
Six fire engines were sent to Blairlinn Industrial Estate in Cumbernauld at 14:35 where a single storey building was found to be "well alight".
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