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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The October surprise emerged in the era of the telegraph and the steam engine, but its potential to alter the outcome of a close election remains as current as today’s headlines. —

Robert B. Mitchell / Made By History, TIME, 24 Oct. 2024 Nobody knew it in 1800, but the geopolitical future of the nineteenth century had already been set in motion nine decades earlier, when Thomas Newcomen invented the first practical steam engine. —

Kevin Drum, Foreign Affairs, 14 June 2018 That came decades later, and it was inspired by wanting to understand the steam engine. —

Quanta Magazine, 7 Oct. 2024 The major clues were the discovery of the ship's steam engine and its sail system. —

Kerry Breen, CBS News, 11 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for steam engine