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en⋅gine

  [en-juhn]
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–noun
1. a machine for converting thermal energy into mechanical energy or power to produce force and motion.
2. a railroad locomotive.
3. a fire engine.
4. any mechanical contrivance.
5. a machine or instrument used in warfare, as a battering ram, catapult, or piece of artillery.
6. Obsolete. an instrument of torture, esp. the rack.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME engin < AF, OF < L ingenium nature, innate quality, esp. mental power, hence a clever invention, equiv. to in- in- 2 + -genium, equiv. to gen- begetting (see kin ) + -ium -ium

Related forms:
en⋅gine⋅less, adjective
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en·gine   (ěn'jĭn)   
n.  
    1. A machine that converts energy into mechanical force or motion.
    2. Such a machine distinguished from an electric, spring-driven, or hydraulic motor by its use of a fuel.
    3. A mechanical appliance, instrument, or tool: engines of war.
    4. An agent, instrument, or means of accomplishment.
    1. A mechanical appliance, instrument, or tool: engines of war.
    2. An agent, instrument, or means of accomplishment.
  3. A locomotive.
  4. A fire engine.
  5. Computer Science A search engine.
tr.v.   en·gined, en·gin·ing, en·gines
To equip with an engine or engines.

[Middle English engin, skill, machine, from Old French, innate ability, from Latin ingenium; see genə- in Indo-European roots.]
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engine   (ěn'jĭn)  Pronunciation Key 
A machine that turns energy into mechanical force or motion, especially one that gets its energy from a source of heat, such as the burning of a fuel. The efficiency of an engine is the ratio between the kinetic energy produced by the machine and the energy needed to produce it. See more at internal-combustion engine, steam engine., See also motor.
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Engines

(1.) Heb. hishalon i.e., "invention" (as in Eccl. 7:29) contrivances indicating ingenuity. In 2 Chr. 26:15 it refers to inventions for the purpose of propelling missiles from the walls of a town, such as stones (the Roman balista) and arrows (the catapulta). (2.) Heb. mechi kobollo, i.e., the beating of that which is in front a battering-ram (Ezek. 26:9), the use of which was common among the Egyptians and the Assyrians. Such an engine is mentioned in the reign of David (2 Sam. 20:15).

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