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stationary engine
noun
- an engine mounted in a fixed position, as one used for driving generators, compressors, etc.
stationary engine
noun
- an engine that remains in a fixed position, esp one in a building that drives generators or other machinery
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Derived Forms
- stationary engineer, noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of stationary engine1
First recorded in 1830–40
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Example Sentences
It was formerly usual to adopt the condensing engine in mills, and wherever a stationary engine was required.
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What are considered the greatest improvements on the stationary engine in the last forty years?
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In 1880 he began to commercialize a two-cycle stationary engine.
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He arrived at the mouth of the creek, up which he had located the pop-popping of a stationary engine a half hour later.
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The superintendent ran over to where a night engineer almost dozed at his post beside a stationary engine.
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