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1. (n.) engine
a machine for converting thermal energy into mechanical energy or power to produce force and motion.
2. engine
a railroad locomotive.
3. engine
any mechanical contrivance.
4. engine
a machine or instrument used in warfare, as a battering ram, catapult, or piece of artillery.
5. engine
Obs. an instrument of torture.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME engin < OF < L ingenium nature, innate quality, esp. mental power, hence a clever invention)
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| Definition of 'engine' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) engine
motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work
2. (noun) engine
something used to achieve a purpose
"an engine of change"
3. (noun) locomotive, engine, locomotive engine, railway locomotive
a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks
4. (noun) engine
an instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc.
"medieval engines of war"
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1. (noun) engine
the part of a vehicle that makes it move
a diesel/gasoline/steam engine; Turn on the engine.
2. engine
the part of a train that pulls it along
***a train pulled by two engines
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| Definition of 'engine' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) engine
(Pronounced, in this sense, ////.) Natural capacity; ability; skill
2. (noun) engine
anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an agent
3. (noun) engine
any instrument by which any effect is produced; especially, an instrument or machine of war or torture
4. (noun) engine
a compound machine by which any physical power is applied to produce a given physical effect
5. (verb) engine
to assault with an engine
6. (verb) engine
to equip with an engine; -- said especially of steam vessels; as, vessels are often built by one firm and engined by another
7. (verb) engine
(Pronounced, in this sense, /////.) To rack; to torture
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| Definitions of 'engine' |
The New Hacker's Dictionary |
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1. engine
1. A piece of hardware that encapsulates some function but can't be
used without some kind of front end. Today we have,
especially, print engine: the guts of
a laser printer. 2. An analogous piece of software; notionally, one that does a lot
of noisy crunching, such as a database
engine. The hacker senses of engine are
actually close to its original, pre-Industrial-Revolution sense of a skill,
clever device, or instrument (the word is cognate to
‘ingenuity’). This sense had not been completely eclipsed by
the modern connotation of power-transducing machinery in Charles Babbage's
time, which explains why he named the stored-program computer that he
designed in 1844 the Analytical
Engine.
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Sense: a machine in which heat or other energy is used to produce motion
The car has a new engine.
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 Afrikaans: masjien |
 Arabic: مُحَرِّك |
 Bulgarian: двигател |
 Brazilian: motor |
 Czech: motor |
 German: der Motor |
 Danish: motor |
 Greek: μηχανή, κινητήρας |
 Spanish: motor |
 Estonian: mootor |
 Farsi: موتور |
 Finnish: moottori |
 French: moteur |
 Hebrew: מָנוֹע |
 Hindi: इंजन, कल |
 Croatian: motor |
 Hungarian: motor |
 Indonesian: mesin |
 Icelandic: vél, hreyfill |
 Italian: motore |
 Japanese: エンジン |
 Korean: 엔진 |
 Lithuanian: variklis, motoras |
 Latvian: motors; dzinējs |
 Malay: enjin |
 Dutch: motor |
 Norwegian: maskin, motor |
 Polish: silnik, motor |
 Persian: موتور |
 Pashto: انجن، هر هغه اله چه له ډي |
 Portuguese: motor |
 Romanian: motor |
 Russian: двигатель |
 Slovak: motor |
 Slovenian: motor |
 Serbian: motor |
 Swedish: motor, maskin |
 Thai: เครื่องจักร |
 Turkish: motor, makine |
 Taiwanese: 發動機，引擎 |
 Ukrainian: машина; мотор |
 Urdu: انجن |
 Vietnamese: máy, động cơ |
 Chinese: 发动机，引擎 |
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