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 MC Harmonious 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

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   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. Evacuee David:

   It sounded like 10 or 20 jet engines.

2. Lewis Hamilton:

   I ’m running out of engines. That’s in my mind.

3. Mark Wibben:

   At the time of the event, we had already inspected 603 engines.

4. John Benfield:

   Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.

5. Al Khowaiter:

   Improving combustion engines is key to sustaining our business in the long term.

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