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moteur
, locomotive
, moyen
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Definition & Synonyms
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• Engine
- (n.) (Pronounced, in this sense, ////.) Natural capacity; ability; skill.
- (n.) Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an agent.
- (v. t.) (Pronounced, in this sense, /////.) To rack; to torture.
- (v. t.) To assault with an engine.
- (n.) A compound machine by which any physical power is applied to produce a given physical effect.
- (n.) Any instrument by which any effect is produced; especially, an instrument or machine of war or torture.
- (v. t.) To equip with an engine; -- said especially of steam vessels; as, vessels are often built by one firm and engined by another.
Synonyms: Locomotive,
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• Engineering
- (n.) Originally, the art of managing engines; in its modern and extended sense, the art and science by which the mechanical properties of matter are made useful to man in structures and machines; the occupation and work of an engineer.
- (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Engineer
Synonyms: Technology,
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