Betekenis van:
steam engine

steam engine
Zelfstandig naamwoord
  • machine op stoomkracht
  • external-combustion engine in which heat is used to raise steam which either turns a turbine or forces a piston to move up and down in a cylinder

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Voorbeeldzinnen

  1. Steam is coming out of the engine.
  2. The engine is driven by steam.
  3. A steam engine transforms heat into power.
  4. The result of the invention of the steam engine was that human power was replaced by mechanical power.
  5. Horses used to pull road-rollers, but the steamroller arrived with the invention of the steam engine.
  6. Where prime movers (i.e. engine or turbine) are connected in series (where the heat from one prime mover is converted to steam to supply a steam turbine), the prime movers cannot be considered separately, even if the steam turbine is located on a different site (see Figure 5).