steam engine
noun
: an engine driven or worked by steam
specifically
: a reciprocating engine having a piston driven in a closed cylinder by steam
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More-efficient steam engines were deployed in new factories, trains and steamships.
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Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 4 Feb. 2025
His example was coal: After the Watt steam engine was introduced — which burned much less coal than its predecessors — demand for coal rose substantially, as Watt's engines were built into a wide range of applications.
—Felix Salmon, Axios, 29 Jan. 2025
The Industrial Revolution And Electricity The Industrial Revolution marked a resurgence in the importance of copper, with its superior electrical and thermal conductivity invaluable for steam engines, textile machinery and other industrial equipment.
—Ed MacHa, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
On a more mundane level, people in many places were hiding fire away in closed stoves, steam engines, and furnaces.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 2 Mar. 2025
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Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 4 Feb. 2025
His example was coal: After the Watt steam engine was introduced — which burned much less coal than its predecessors — demand for coal rose substantially, as Watt's engines were built into a wide range of applications.
—Felix Salmon, Axios, 29 Jan. 2025
The Industrial Revolution And Electricity The Industrial Revolution marked a resurgence in the importance of copper, with its superior electrical and thermal conductivity invaluable for steam engines, textile machinery and other industrial equipment.
—Ed MacHa, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
On a more mundane level, people in many places were hiding fire away in closed stoves, steam engines, and furnaces.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 2 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for steam engine
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“Steam engine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steam%20engine. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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