Heat engine Moderate

Heat engine has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

any engine that makes use of heat to do work

heat engine

Any device which converts heat energy into mechanical work, by moving heat from a source to a sink.

See Also

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Related Terms

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)

engine

Narrower Terms (hyponyms)

external-combustion engine internal-combustion engine

Rhyming Words

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