stationary engine

noun

an engine mounted in a fixed position, as one used for driving generators, compressors, etc.

stationary engine

an engine that remains in a fixed position, esp one in a building that drives generators or other machinery

First recorded in 1830–40

It was formerly usual to adopt the condensing engine in mills, and wherever a stationary engine was required.

What are considered the greatest improvements on the stationary engine in the last forty years?

In 1880 he began to commercialize a two-cycle stationary engine.

He arrived at the mouth of the creek, up which he had located the pop-popping of a stationary engine a half hour later.

The superintendent ran over to where a night engineer almost dozed at his post beside a stationary engine.

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