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Definition of engine
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Engine
(n.) A
compound
machine
by which any
physical
power is
applied
to
produce
a given
physical
effect.
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Governor
::
Governor
(n.) A
contrivance
applied
to steam
engines,
water
wheels,
and other
machinery,
to
maintain
nearly
uniform
speed when the
resistances
and
motive
force are
variable..
Water Gauge
::
Water gauge () An
instrument
for
measuring
or
ascertaining
the depth or
quantity
of
water,
or for
indicating
the
height
of its
surface,
as in the
boiler
of a steam
engine.
See
Gauge..
Mining
::
Mining
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to
mines;
as,
mining
engineer;
mining
machinery;
a
mining
region..
Engine
::
Engine
(v. t.)
(Pronounced,
in this
sense,
/////.)
To rack; to
torture..
Abutment
::
Abutment
(n.) A fixed point or
surface
from which
resistance
or
reaction
is
obtained,
as the
cylinder
head of a steam
engine,
the
fulcrum
of a
lever,
etc..
Log
::
Log (n.) A
record
and
tabulated
statement
of the work done by an
engine,
as of a
steamship,
of the coal
consumed,
and of other items
relating
to the
performance
of
machinery
during
a given
time..
Scorpion
::
Scorpion
(n.) An
ancient
military
engine
for
hurling
stones
and other
missiles.
Dummy
::
Dummy (a.)
Silent;
mute;
noiseless;
as a dummy
engine.
Standpipe
::
Standpipe
(n.) A
vertical
pipe, open at the top,
between
a
hydrant
and a
reservoir,
to
equalize
the flow of
water;
also, a large
vertical
pipe, near a
pumping
engine,
into which water is
forced
up, so as to give it
sufficient
head to rise to the
required
level at a
distance..
Ditch
::
Ditch (v. t.) To throw into a
ditch;
as, the
engine
was
ditched
and
turned
on its
side..
Link
::
Link (n.) Any
intermediate
rod or piece for
transmitting
force or
motion,
especially
a short
connecting
rod with a
bearing
at each end;
specifically
(Steam
Engine),
the
slotted
bar, or
connecting
piece,
to the
opposite
ends of which the
eccentric
rods are
jointed,
and by means of which the
movement
of the valve is
varied,
in a link
motion..
Cut-off
::
Cut-off
(n.) The valve
gearing
or
mechanism
by which steam is cut off from
entering
the
cylinder
of a steam
engine
after a
definite
point in a
stroke,
so as to allow the
remainder
of the
stroke
to be made by the
expansive
force of the steam
already
let in. See
Expansion
gear, under
Expansion..
Throw
::
Throw (n.) The act of
hurling
or
flinging;
a
driving
or
propelling
from the hand or an
engine;
a cast.
Shoot
::
Shoot (v. i.) To cause an
engine
or
weapon
to
discharge
a
missile;
-- said of a
person
or an
agent;
as, they shot at a
target;
he
shoots
better
than he
rides..
Dummy
::
Dummy (n.) A
locomotive
with
condensing
engines,
and,
hence,
without
the noise of
escaping
steam;
also, a dummy car..
Run
::
Run (a.) To
continue
in
operation;
to be kept in
action
or
motion;
as, this
engine
runs night and day; the mill runs six days in the
week..
Indicator
::
Indicator
(n.) An
instrument
which draws a
diagram
showing
the
varying
pressure
in the
cylinder
of an
engine
or pump at every point of the
stroke.
It
consists
of a small
cylinder
communicating
with the
engine
cylinder
and
fitted
with a
piston
which the
varying
pressure
drives
upward
more or less
against
the
resistance
of a
spring.
A lever
imparts
motion
to a
pencil
which
traces
the
diagram
on a card
wrapped
around
a
vertical
drum which is
turned
back and forth by a
string
connected
with the pist
Lag
::
Lag (n.) A stave of a cask, drum, etc.;
especially
(Mach.),
one of the
narrow
boards
or
staves
forming
the
covering
of a
cylindrical
object,
as a
boiler,
or the
cylinder
of a
carding
machine
or a steam
engine..
Organ
::
Organ (n.) A
component
part
performing
an
essential
office
in the
working
of any
complex
machine;
as, the
cylinder,
valves,
crank,
etc., are
organs
of the steam
engine..
Engine
::
Engine
(v. t.) To equip with an
engine;
-- said
especially
of steam
vessels;
as,
vessels
are often built by one firm and
engined
by
another..
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