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STEAM ENGINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("steam engine" is a kind of...):
external-combustion engine (a heat engine in which ignition occurs outside the chamber (cylinder or turbine) in which heat is converted to mechanical energy)
Meronyms (parts of "steam engine"):
boiler; steam boiler (sealed vessel where water is converted to steam)
crosshead (metal block that connects to a piston; it slides on parallel guides and moves a connecting rod back and forth)
steam chest (the chamber from which steam is distributed to a cylinder)
Holonyms ("steam engine" is a part of...):
steamer; steamship (a ship powered by one or more steam engines)
steam locomotive (a locomotive powered by a steam engine)
