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engine

en·gine

UK/ˈɛnd͡ʒɪn/ US/ˈɪnd͡ʒɪn/ common

noun

1.

motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work

2.

something used to achieve a purpose

  • “an engine of change”
3.

a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks

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Origin

From Middle English engyn, from Anglo-Norman engine, Old French engin (“skill, cleverness, war machine”), from Latin ingenium (“innate or natural quality, nature, genius, a genius, an invention, (in Late Latin) a war-engine, battering-ram”), related to ingignō (“to instil by birth, implant, produce in”). Compare gin, ingenious, engineer.

Phrases

  • bank engine some may be hyponyms
  • Carnot engine some may be hyponyms
  • Carnot heat engine some may be hyponyms
  • crane engine some may be hyponyms
  • duplex pumping engine some may be hyponyms
  • engine bay some may be hyponyms
  • engine block some may be hyponyms
  • engine braking some may be hyponyms

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