Steam engine /(ĕn"jĭn)/
Steam· en·gine
Steam engine
- An engine moved by steam.
Phrases & Compounds
- Back-acting 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.