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 Definitions of steam engine  [ˈstimˌboʊt]  

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Definition of 'steam engine' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) steam engine
an engine worked by steam, typically one in which a sliding piston in a cylinder is moved by the expansive action of the steam generated in a boiler.

Etymology:  (1745–55)

Definition of 'steam engine' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) steam engine
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 of 'steam engine' Webster Dictionary 

1.  steam engine
an engine moved by steam
Translation of 'steam engine' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a moving engine for pulling a train, or a fixed engine, driven by steam.
Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: stoomenjin Arabic flag Arabic: مُحَرِّك بُخاري Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: парен двигател
Brazilian flag Brazilian: máquina a vapor Czech flag Czech: parní lokomotiva German flag German: die Dampfmaschine
Danish flag Danish: damplokomotiv Greek flag Greek: ατμομηχανή Estonian flag Estonian: aurumasin
Farsi flag Farsi: ماشين بخار Finnish flag Finnish: höyrykone French flag French: locomotiveà vapeur
Hebrew flag Hebrew: מָנוֹעַ קִיטוֹר Hindi flag Hindi: भाप का इंजन Croatian flag Croatian: parni stroj
Hungarian flag Hungarian: (gőz)mozdony; gőzgép Indonesian flag Indonesian: mesin uap Icelandic flag Icelandic: gufuvél
Italian flag Italian: macchina a vapore Japanese flag Japanese: 蒸気エンジン Korean flag Korean: 증기 엔진
Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: garo variklis/mašina, gar Latvian flag Latvian: tvaika lokomotīve Malay flag Malay: enjin stim
Dutch flag Dutch: stoommachine Norwegian flag Norwegian: dampmaskin Polish flag Polish: maszyna parowa
Portuguese flag Portuguese: máquina a vapor Romanian flag Romanian: loco­mo­tivă cu aburi Russian flag Russian: паровая машина
Slovak flag Slovak: parný stroj, rušeň Slovenian flag Slovenian: parni stroj Serbian flag Serbian: parna lokomotiva
Swedish flag Swedish: ånglok, ångmaskin Thai flag Thai: เครื่องยนต์ขับเคลื่อนด้วย Turkish flag Turkish: buharlı lokomotif
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 蒸氣機 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: парова машина, паровий дв Urdu flag Urdu: بھاپ سے چلنے والا انجن
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: động cơ hơi nước Chinese flag Chinese: 蒸汽机

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