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Meaning of steam engine

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

steam engine

noun

Definitions

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

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

  3. A steam locomotive.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/steam%20engine

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