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engine
[ en-juhn ]
noun
- a machine for converting thermal energy into mechanical energy or power to produce force and motion.
- a railroad locomotive.
- a fire engine.
- Computers. a piece or collection of software that drives a later process (used in combination, as in game engine software engine ). search engine.
- any mechanical contrivance.
- a machine or instrument used in warfare, as a battering ram, catapult, or piece of artillery.
- a means by which something is achieved, accomplished, or furthered:
Trade is an engine of growth that creates jobs, reduces poverty, and increases economic opportunity.
- Obsolete. an instrument of torture, especially the rack.
engine
/ ˈɛndʒɪn /
noun
- any machine designed to convert energy, esp heat energy, into mechanical work
a petrol engine
a steam engine
- a railway locomotive
- ( as modifier )
the engine cab
- military any of various pieces of equipment formerly used in warfare, such as a battering ram or gun
- obsolete.any instrument or device
engines of torture
engine
/ ĕn′jĭn /
- A machine that turns energy into mechanical force or motion, especially one that gets its energy from a source of heat, such as the burning of a fuel. The efficiency of an engine is the ratio between the kinetic energy produced by the machine and the energy needed to produce it.
- See more at internal-combustion engineSee also motor
Other Words From
- en·gine·less adjective
- mul·ti·en·gine noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of engine1
Example Sentences
You can’t predict what Google or any other search engine will do with its algorithm, but luckily, that’s not your job.
A follow link is acknowledged by search engines and drives SEO juice for the linked site.
Now more than ever, consumers are turning to search engines for their every need.
If you can increase your CTR, it shows search engines that the page is relevant for that search term and it can help your website’s overall search ranking.
An SEO-friendly URL must be one that’s easy to read for search engines and gives humans the idea of what they are about to click.
The jet engine instantly brought two advances over propellers: it doubled the speed and it was far more reliable.
An F-35 was destroyed on takeoff earlier in the year when a design flaw in its Pratt & Whitney F135 engine sparked a fire.
Texas has also started to become an engine of economic growth.
Clearly, the least cool people are the most in-demand: the rich folks who power the Art Basel engine.
They not only disrupted service in China, they apparently crashed the search engine worldwide.
It was only the engine drawing the train of cars up to the station to take the passengers away.
“Mon pauvre petit, you are hungry,” said Aristide, carrying it to the car racked by the clattering engine.
Adjoining the engine-house on the other side, is the stable, where five splendid horses are kept.
The huge engine, the wonderful carriages, the imposing guard, the busy porters and the bustling station.
He hired an engine to plow all his land that was not prepared, besides renting a little more, and also took a flier in wheat.
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