"heat engine" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: heat engines [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} heat engine (plural heat engines)
  1. (thermodynamics) Any device which converts heat energy into mechanical work, by moving heat from a source to a sink. Wikipedia link: heat engine Categories (topical): Thermodynamics Hyponyms: Carnot engine, drinking bird Related terms: information engine Translations (device for converting heat): lämpökone (Finnish), თბოძრავა (tboʒrava) (Georgian), თბური ძრავა (tburi ʒrava) (Georgian), სითბური ძრავა (sitburi ʒrava) (Georgian), Wärmekraftmaschine [feminine] (German), motor termic [neuter] (Romanian), теплова́я маши́на (teplovája mašína) [feminine] (Russian), теплови́й двигу́н (teplovýj dvyhún) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-heat_engine-en-noun-Yf3L5Zjm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics, thermodynamics

Inflected forms

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