steam engine

1. Any heat engine that uses steam as its primary working fluid to do mechanical work.

   Dampfmaschine

   парова́я маши́наparovája mašína

2. Any heat engine that uses steam as its primary working fluid to do mechanical work.

   (usually)A piston engine driven by steam.

   Dampfmaschine

   парова́я маши́наparovája mašína, парово́й дви́гательparovój dvígatelʹ

   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

3. (UK, especially)A steam locomotive.

1. The steam engine revolutionised the industry.

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2. A steam engine transforms heat into power.

   ruПаровой двигатель преобразует тепло в энергию. — Selena777

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3. The steam engine revolutionized industry.

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4. A steam engine is a machine by means of which heat is transformed into work.

   deEine Dampfmaschine ist eine Maschine, mithilfe derer Wärme in Arbeit umgewandelt wird. — Vortarulo

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5. Horses used to pull road-rollers, but the steamroller arrived with the invention of the steam engine.

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