"beam engine" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: beam engines [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} beam engine (plural beam engines)
  1. A kind of steam engine where a pivoted overhead beam is used to apply the force from a vertical piston to a vertical connecting rod.
    Sense id: en-beam_engine-en-noun-L104PbYI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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