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heat engine

noun Thermodynamics.
  1. a mechanical device designed to transform part of the heat entering it into work.
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Origin of heat engine

First recorded in 1890–95
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Historical Examples of heat engine

  • But during the centuries of experiments with a heat-engine, the political world had greatly changed.

    The Story of Mankind

    Hendrik Van Loon

  • But during the centuries of experiments with a "heat-engine," the political world had greatly changed.

    The Story of Mankind

    Hendrik van Loon

  • In every heat-engine, therefore, there must be a fall from a higher to a lower temperature; otherwise no work would be done.

British Dictionary definitions for heat engine

heat engine

noun
  1. an engine that converts heat energy into mechanical energy
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