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light engine

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noun

  1. US equivalent: wildcat. a railway locomotive in motion without drawing any carriages or wagons

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In this case, the atom behaves much like a miniature heat engine, or more specifically, a "light engine."

From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026

Yes that’s expensive, but this is Leica Leica partnered with Hisense for the triple RGB laser light engine, which is something of a trend as the originator of the laser TV.

From The Verge ● Sep. 1, 2022

AWOL’s Hisense relationship is evident with the Tri-Chroma triple-laser light engine it uses.

From The Verge ● May 5, 2022

Carmack's light engine allows the game's designers to paint the story the way a film director would, with light and shadow, like a noir mystery.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had come down to headquarters from somewhere up the line on a light engine, and had had just time to get a bath and change his clothes.

From Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard by Joseph Conrad

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