Definitions for engines
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1. Engines

   Engines is a 1959 science book for children by L. Sprague de Camp, illustrated by Jack Coggins, published by Golden Press. A revised edition issued as part of the publisher's Golden Library of Knowledge Series was published in 1961. As stated on the cover, the work is a survey of "Man's use of power, from the water wheel to the atomic pile."

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1. engines

   Plural form of engine.

   The aircraft has four engines, each placed accuately according to its design.

   Submitted by MaryC on December 25, 2015  

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'engines' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3683

How to pronounce engines?

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   Alex

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   Daniel

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   Karen

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   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of engines in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of engines in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of engines in a Sentence

1. Roald Amundsen:

   We use the batteries to take care of these peaks. When the engines produce excess energy, this is transferred into the batteries. This secures smooth and optimal running of the engines at all time, significantly reducing fuel consumption and Read MoreMaritime emissions, lNG is substantially less polluting than conventional diesel fuel and utilizing LNG as a component in different hybrid set-ups is a major step towards achieving Hurtigruten's ultimate ambition of sailing emission free.

2. Sextus Julius Frontinus:

   I will ignore all ideas for new works on engines of war, the invention of which has reached its limits and for whose improvements I see no further hope.

3. Senator John McCain on Wednesday:

   Instead of giving the effort the level of attention needed, the Air Force has wasted a year doing very little to end our reliance on Russian rocket engines, if the Air Force is unwilling to do what is necessary to meet the 2019 deadline, they are going to have to figure out how to meet our space launch needs without the RD-180 (Russian engine).

4. Tony Pandola:

   On this really beautiful, quiet farm there were six giant tour buses with their diesel engines running and a couple of minivans and taxis all waiting to have the same experience with the tobacco farmer.

5. Jerry Hendrix:

   I don't think we anticipated the number of issues that were going to arise out of testing, be it issues with the frame, the fuselage, the engines or the integrating of the software or the weapons systems.

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