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Any heat engine that uses steam as its primary working fluid to do mechanical work.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: engine, device, machine
Any heat engine that uses steam as its primary working fluid to do mechanical work.
A piston engine driven by steam.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: usually
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fire engine[Appendix:Glossary
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: engine, device, machine
A steam locomotive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, especially
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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 source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: external-combustion engine
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
64 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
парна машина
(parna mašina)
— piston engine driven by steam
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Chinese Mandarin:
蒸汽機 /蒸汽机
(zhēngqìjī)
— piston engine driven by steam
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Crimean Tatar:
buv köçürici
— piston engine driven by steam
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Czech:
parní stroj
— piston engine driven by steam
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Czech:
parostroj
— piston engine driven by steam
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Danish:
dampmaskine
— piston engine driven by steam
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Esperanto:
vapormaŝino
— piston engine driven by steam
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Finnish:
höyrykone
— piston engine driven by steam
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Finnish:
mäntähöyrykone
— piston engine driven by steam
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French:
machine à vapeur
— piston engine driven by steam
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Georgian:
ორთქლის მანქანა
(ortklis mankana)
— piston engine driven by steam
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Georgian:
ორთქლის ძრავა
(ortklis ʒrava)
— piston engine driven by steam
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German:
Dampfmaschine
— piston engine driven by steam
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Greek:
ατμομηχανή
(atmomichaní)
— piston engine driven by steam
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Gujarati:
વરાળયંત્ર
(varāḷyantra)
— piston engine driven by steam
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Ingrian:
höyrymašina
— piston engine driven by steam
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Italian:
motore a vapore
— piston engine driven by steam
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Italian:
motrice
— piston engine driven by steam
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Italian:
locomotiva a vapore
— piston engine driven by steam
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Japanese:
蒸気機関
(jōki kikan)
— piston engine driven by steam
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Korean:
증기기관
(jeunggigigwan)
— piston engine driven by steam
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Norwegian Bokmål:
dampmaskin
— piston engine driven by steam
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
dampmaskin
— piston engine driven by steam
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Plautdietsch:
Daumpkjätel
— piston engine driven by steam
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Polish:
maszyna parowa
— piston engine driven by steam
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Portuguese:
máquina a vapor
— piston engine driven by steam
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Romanian:
mașină cu abur
— piston engine driven by steam
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Russian:
парова́я маши́на
(parovája mašína)
— piston engine driven by steam
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Russian:
парово́й дви́гатель
(parovój dvígatelʹ)
— piston engine driven by steam
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Scottish Gaelic:
einnsean-smùide
— piston engine driven by steam
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Serbo-Croatian:
parni stroj
— piston engine driven by steam
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Serbo-Croatian:
parni stapni stroj
— piston engine driven by steam
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Spanish:
máquina de vapor
— piston engine driven by steam
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Swahili:
injini ya mvuke
— piston engine driven by steam
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Swedish:
ångmaskin
— piston engine driven by steam
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Tagalog:
likhisog tubngaw
— piston engine driven by steam
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Turkish:
buhar makinesi
— piston engine driven by steam
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Belarusian:
параво́з
(paravóz)
— any steam-driven heat engine
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Bulgarian:
парна машина
(parna mašina)
— any steam-driven heat engine
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Crimean Tatar:
buv köçürici
— any steam-driven heat engine
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Czech:
parní stroj
— any steam-driven heat engine
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Czech:
parostroj
— any steam-driven heat engine
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Danish:
dampmaskine
— any steam-driven heat engine
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Dutch:
stoommachine
— any steam-driven heat engine
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Estonian:
aurumasin
— any steam-driven heat engine
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Finnish:
höyrykone
— any steam-driven heat engine
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French:
machine à vapeur
— any steam-driven heat engine
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Georgian:
ორთქლის მანქანა
(ortklis mankana)
— any steam-driven heat engine
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German:
Dampfmaschine
— any steam-driven heat engine
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Greek:
ατμομηχανή
(atmomichaní)
— any steam-driven heat engine
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Hungarian:
gőzgép
— any steam-driven heat engine
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Ingrian:
höyrymašina
— any steam-driven heat engine
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Interlingua:
machina de vapor
— any steam-driven heat engine
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Italian:
motrice
— any steam-driven heat engine
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Italian:
locomotiva a vapore
— any steam-driven heat engine
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Polish:
maszyna parowa
— any steam-driven heat engine
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Portuguese:
máquina a vapor
— any steam-driven heat engine
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Romanian:
mașină cu abur
— any steam-driven heat engine
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Russian:
парова́я маши́на
(parovája mašína)
— any steam-driven heat engine
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Scottish Gaelic:
einnsean-smùide
— any steam-driven heat engine
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Serbo-Croatian:
parni stroj
— any steam-driven heat engine
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Serbo-Croatian:
parostroj
— any steam-driven heat engine
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Spanish:
máquina de vapor
— any steam-driven heat engine
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Turkish:
buhar makinesi
— any steam-driven heat engine