Meaning

1 senses
  1. Any device which converts heat energy into mechanical work, by moving heat from a source to a sink.

    Wärmekraftmaschine

    теплова́я маши́наteplovája mašína

    теплови́й двигу́нteplovýj dvyhún

More definitions
  • any engine that makes use of heat to do work

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Cars with heat engines contaminate a lot.

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Translations

4 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
device for converting heat:
Русский
By meaning 1
device for converting heat:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
device for converting heat:

Forms

plural: heat engines
Singularheat engine
Pluralheat engines

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Word family

1 related words

See also

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