compound engine

British  

noun

1. a steam engine in which the steam is expanded in more than one stage, first in a high-pressure cylinder and then in one or more low-pressure cylinders

2. a reciprocating engine in which the exhaust gases are expanded in a turbine to drive a turbocharger

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compound engine

Although the Wright turbo compound engine was standard on both the DC-7 and Super Constellation, it proved so unsatisfactory that airlines were not interested in Wright engines for the new jet airliners.

From Time Magazine Archive

Glasgow, introduced the compound engine for use on ships.

From How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use by Williams, Archibald

There she is, solid oak and teak, a compound engine, twelve miles an hour, and good, I think, for any sea, no matter how tempestuous.

From The Rapids by Sullivan, Alan

Third, he went one step farther to the compound engine, consisting of two engines, primary and secondary, working steam expansively independently or in concert, with strokes alternate or simultaneous.

From James Watt by Carnegie, Andrew

Each engine is a vertical quarter-crank compound engine with a 17-inch high pressure cylinder and a 27-inch low-pressure cylinder with a common 24-inch stroke.

From The New York Subway Its Construction and Equipment by Anonymous