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heat engine
noun
, Thermodynamics.
- a mechanical device designed to transform part of the heat entering it into work.
heat engine
noun
- an engine that converts heat energy into mechanical energy
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Word History and Origins
Origin of heat engine1
First recorded in 1890–95
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Example Sentences
The efficiency of any form of heat engine is determined by the power obtained from a certain fuel consumption.
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You have to have a fall of temperature to run any kind of heat engine.
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But during the centuries of experiments with a "heat-engine," the political world had greatly changed.
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Considered as a heat engine, the gas engine is now twice as efficient as the very best modern steam engine.
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Thus it appears that we have been able to show by very definite experimental evidence that the radiometer is a heat engine.
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