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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
/ ˈɛԻɪ /
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
- 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 Word Forms
- ·Ա· adjective
- ܱ·پ··Ա noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of engine1
Example Sentences
About 20 minutes later, the accounting department calls, and the lady says, ‘Bob, write this number down. This is the charging number for the fire engine project.’
The Bahrain meeting also kicked into the long grass a proposal to change the engine formula before 2030, although discussions will continue on this idea.
The head of the UK Warehousing Association insisted warehouses were an "important engine of growth" and said several recent constructions near to people's home were the result of a "broken planning system".
In 2023, the previous Conservative government passed the Online Safety Act, which aims to make social media firms and search engines protect children and adults in the UK from illegal, harmful material.
China has huge deposits of these, such as dysprosium, which is used in magnets in electric vehicles and wind turbines, and Yttrium, which provides heat-resistant coating for jet engines.
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