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  Steam engine \Steam" en"gine\ ([e^]n"j[i^]n).
     An engine moved by steam.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: In its most common forms its essential parts are a
           piston, a cylinder, and a valve gear. The piston works
           in the cylinder, to which steam is admitted by the
           action of the valve gear, and communicates motion to
           the machinery to be actuated. Steam engines are thus
           classified: 1. According to the way the steam is used
           or applied, as condensing, noncondensing, compound,
           double-acting, single-acting, triple-expansion, etc. 2.
           According to the motion of the piston, as
           reciprocating, rotary, etc. 3. According to the motion
           imparted by the engine, as rotative and nonrotative. 4.
           According to the arrangement of the engine, as
           stationary, portable, and semiportable engines,
           horizontal and vertical engines, beam engine,
           oscillating engine, direct-acting and back-acting
           engines, etc. 5. According to their uses, as portable,
           marine, locomotive, pumping, blowing, winding, and
           stationary engines, the latter term referring to
           factory engines, etc., and not technically to pumping
           or blowing engines. Locomotive and portable engines are
           usually high-pressure, noncondensing, rotative, and
           direct-acting. Marine engines are high or low pressure,
           rotative, and generally condensing, double-acting, and
           compound. Paddle engines are generally beam,
           side-lever, oscillating, or direct-acting. Screw
           engines are generally direct-acting, back-acting, or
           oscillating. Stationary engines belong to various
           classes, but are generally rotative. A horizontal or
           inclined stationary steam engine is called a left-hand
           or a right-hand engine when the crank shaft and driving
           pulley are on the left-hand side, or the right-hand
           side, respectively, of the engine, to a person looking
           at them from the cylinder, and is said to run forward
           or backward when the crank traverses the upward half,
           or lower half, respectively, of its path, while the
           piston rod makes its stroke outward from the cylinder.
           A marine engine, or the engine of a locomotive, is said
           to run forward when its motion is such as would propel
           the vessel or the locomotive forward. Steam engines are
           further classified as double-cylinder, disk,
           semicylinder, trunk engines, etc. Machines, such as
           cranes, hammers, etc., of which the steam engine forms
           a part, are called steam cranes, steam hammers, etc.
           See Illustration in Appendix.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     Back-acting steam engine, or Back-action steam engine, a
        steam engine in which the motion is transmitted backward
        from the crosshead to a crank which is between the
        crosshead and the cylinder, or beyond the cylinder.
  
     Portable steam engine, a steam engine combined with, and
        attached to, a boiler which is mounted on wheels so as to
        admit of easy transportation; -- used for driving
        machinery in the field, as thrashing machines, draining
        pumps, etc.
  
     Semiportable steam engine, a steam engine combined with,
        and attached to, a steam boiler, but not mounted on
        wheels.
        [1913 Webster]

  Steam engine \Steam" en"gine\
     An engine moved by steam.
  
     Note: In its most common forms its essential parts are a
           piston, a cylinder, and a valve gear. The piston works
           in the cylinder, to which steam is admitted by the
           action of the valve gear, and communicates motion to
           the machinery to be actuated. Steam engines are thus
           classified: 1. According to the wat the steam is used
           or applied, as condencing, noncondencing, compound,
           double-acting, single-acting, triple-expansion, etc. 2.
           According to the motion of the piston, as
           reciprocating, rotary, etc. 3. According to the motion
           imparted by the engine, as rotative and nonrotative. 4.
           According to the arrangement of the engine, as
           stationary, portable, and semiportable engines, beam
           engine, oscillating engine, direct-acting and
           back-acting engines, etc. 5. According to their uses,
           as portable, marine, locomotive, pumping, blowing,
           winding, and stationary engines. Locomotive and
           portable engines are usually high-pressure,
           noncondencing, rotative, and direct-acting. Marine
           engines are high or low pressure, rotative, and
           generally condencing, double-acting, and compound.
           Paddle engines are generally beam, side?lever,
           oscillating, or direct-acting. Screw engines are
           generally direct-acting, back-acting, or oscillating.
           Stationary engines belong to various classes, but are
           generally rotative. A horizontal or inclined stationary
           steam engine is called a left-hand or a right-hand
           engine when the crank shaft and driving pulley are on
           the left-hand side, or the right-hand side,
           respectively, or the engine, to a person looking at
           them from the cylinder, and is said to run forward or
           backward when the crank traverses the upward half, or
           lower half, respectively, of its path, while the piston
           rod makes its stroke outward from the cylinder. A
           marine engine, or the engine of a locomotive, is said
           to run forward when its motion is such as would propel
           the vessel or the locomotive forward. Steam engines are
           further classified as double-cylinder, disk,
           semicylinder, trunk engines, etc. Machines, such as
           cranes, hammers, etc., of which the steam engine forms
           a part, are called steam cranes, steam hammers, etc.
           See Illustration in Appendix.
  
     Back-acting, or Back-action, steam engine, a steam
        engine in which the motion is transmitted backward from
        the crosshead to a crank which is between the crosshead
        and the cylinder, or beyond the cylinder.
  
     Portable steam engine, a steam engine combined with, and
        attached to, a boiler which is mounted on wheels so as to
        admit of easy transportation; -- used for driving
        machinery in the field, as trashing machines, draining
        pumps, etc.
  
     Semiportable steam engine, a steam engine combined with,
        and attached to, a steam boiler, but not mounted on
        wheels.

  steam engine
       n : 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

  steam engine
     n.
     1 A piston engine driven by steam (as contrasted, for example, with a
  steam turbine).
     2 Any heat engine that uses steam as its primary working fluid to do
  mechanical work.
     3 (lb en especially British) A steam locomotive.

  steam engine
     n.
     1 A piston engine driven by steam (as contrasted, for example, with a
  steam turbine).
     2 Any heat engine that uses steam as its primary working fluid to do
  mechanical work.
     3 (lb en especially British) A steam locomotive.

  steam engine
     n.
     1 A piston engine driven by steam (as contrasted, for example, with a
  steam turbine).
     2 Any heat engine that uses steam as its primary working fluid to do
  mechanical work.
     3 (lb en especially British) A steam locomotive.

  steam engine
     n.
     1 A piston engine driven by steam (as contrasted, for example, with a
  steam turbine).
     2 Any heat engine that uses steam as its primary working fluid to do
  mechanical work.
     3 (lb en especially British) A steam locomotive.

  steam engine
     Englanti n.
     höyrykone

  steam engine /stˈiːm ˈɛndʒɪn/ 
  парна машина 2.
  any steam-driven heat engine
   3.
  piston engine driven by steam

  steam engine /stˈiːm ˈɛndʒɪn/
  parní stroj

  steam engine /stˈiːm ˈɛndʒɪn/
  Dampfmaschine  [techn.]  [hist.]
   see: steam engines
  

  steam engine /stˈiːm ˈɛndʒɪn/
   [Am.] Dampflokomotive , Dampflok 
     Synonyms: steam locomotive, steam traction unit
  
   see: locomotive, loco, railroad engine, engine, locomotives, locos, railroad engines, engines, hump locomotive, mountain locomotive, mountain engine, Alpine locomotive, Alpine engine, brake locomotive, diesel locomotive, diesel engine, gearless locomotive, double locomotive, bogie locomotive, triple locomotive, electric locomotive, excitron locomotive, slave locomotive, articulated locomotive, rectifier locomotive, goods locomotive, freight locomotive, light rail motor tractor, universal locomotive, adhesion locomotive, tank locomotive, compound locomotive, shunting locomotive, shunting engine, shunter, switcher, switch engine, wildcat, pug locomotive, pug
  

  steam engine /stˈiːm ˈɛndʒɪn/ 
  1. höyrykone
  any steam-driven heat engine
  2. höyrykone, mäntähöyrykone
  piston engine driven by steam

  steam engine /stˈiːm ˈɛndʒɪn/ 
  1. भाप से चलने वाला इंजन
        "Shatabdi is driven by steam engine."

  steam engine /stˈiːm ˈɛndʒɪn/
  parni stroj

  steam engine /stˈiːm ˈɛndʒɪn/
  gôzmozdony

  steam engine /stˈiːm ˈɛndʒɪn/ 
  蒸気機関
  piston engine driven by steam

  steam engine /stˈiːm ˈɛndʒɪn/ 
  ångmaskin 2.
  piston engine driven by steam
   3.
  any steam-driven heat engine

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