engine: Meaning and Definition of
en•gine
Pronunciation: (en'jun), [key] — n.
- a machine for converting thermal energy into mechanical energy or power to produce force and motion.
- a railroad locomotive.
- a fire engine.
- any mechanical contrivance.
- a machine or instrument used in warfare, as a battering ram, catapult, or piece of artillery.
- an instrument of torture, esp. the rack.
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