steam engine
noun
: an engine driven or worked by steam
specifically
: a reciprocating engine having a piston driven in a closed cylinder by steam
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Keep the historical vibes going by hopping aboard a 100-year-old steam engine on the Abilene & Smoky Valley Railroad.
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Perri Ormont Blumberg, Travel + Leisure, 27 Mar. 2024
Even in 1866, a ship equipped with a steam engine in addition to sails, beat all the clippers back to London by 15 days.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2024
On top of that, there would be a fight atop the moving steam engine.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 14 Jan. 2024
Crypto is a general-purpose technology (GPT) like the steam engine, electricity, the internet, and AI.
—Christian Catalini, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
In the 1800s, the locomotive steam engine unleashed widespread fears and health concerns, including that the human mind was not designed to cope with moving at such high speeds, potentially leading to mental health problems, including insanity.
—Larry Magid, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2024
Baxter’s carriage is a horse’s head melded onto a juddering steam engine.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2023
More than a few passengers had expected a steam engine, surprised—if not a little disappointed—to see the modern locomotive pulling along 16 carriages almost a third of a mile.
—Monisha Rajesh, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2023
The technology behind the industrial revolution -- the steam engine, the spinning jenny and the cotton engine, for example -- accelerated economic growth by an order of magnitude, creating an explosion of innovation that still reverberates around the planet.
—Discover Magazine, 29 Sep. 2023
Perri Ormont Blumberg, Travel + Leisure, 27 Mar. 2024
Even in 1866, a ship equipped with a steam engine in addition to sails, beat all the clippers back to London by 15 days.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2024
On top of that, there would be a fight atop the moving steam engine.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 14 Jan. 2024
Crypto is a general-purpose technology (GPT) like the steam engine, electricity, the internet, and AI.
—Christian Catalini, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
In the 1800s, the locomotive steam engine unleashed widespread fears and health concerns, including that the human mind was not designed to cope with moving at such high speeds, potentially leading to mental health problems, including insanity.
—Larry Magid, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2024
Baxter’s carriage is a horse’s head melded onto a juddering steam engine.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2023
More than a few passengers had expected a steam engine, surprised—if not a little disappointed—to see the modern locomotive pulling along 16 carriages almost a third of a mile.
—Monisha Rajesh, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2023
The technology behind the industrial revolution -- the steam engine, the spinning jenny and the cotton engine, for example -- accelerated economic growth by an order of magnitude, creating an explosion of innovation that still reverberates around the planet.
—Discover Magazine, 29 Sep. 2023
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“Steam engine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steam%20engine. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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