| NOUN | artifact | heat engine | any engine that makes use of heat to do work |
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| Meaning | Any engine that makes use of heat to do work. | |
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| Narrower | external-combustion engine | A heat engine in which ignition occurs outside the chamber (cylinder or turbine) in which heat / heat is converted to mechanical energy |
| internal-combustion engine, ICE | A heat engine in which combustion occurs inside the engine rather than in a separate furnace | |
| Broader | engine | motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work |
| Spanish | motor térmico | |
| Catalan | màquina tèrmica | |
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