heat engine

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heat engine

Noun

heat engine (plural heat engines)

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

Hyponyms

Translations

device for converting heat

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: lämpökone
Georgian: თბოძრავა (tboʒrava), თბური ძრავა (tburi ʒrava), სითბური ძრავა (sitburi ʒrava)
German: Wärmekraftmaschine f
Romanian: motor termic n
Russian: теплова́я маши́на (ru) f (teplovája mašína)
Ukrainian: теплови́й двигу́н m (teplovýj dvyhún)

See also

information engine

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