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stationary engine

noun

  1. an engine mounted in a fixed position, as one used for driving generators, compressors, etc.


stationary engine

noun

  1. an engine that remains in a fixed position, esp one in a building that drives generators or other machinery
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • stationary engineer, noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of stationary engine1

First recorded in 1830–40
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Example Sentences

It was formerly usual to adopt the condensing engine in mills, and wherever a stationary engine was required.

What are considered the greatest improvements on the stationary engine in the last forty years?

In 1880 he began to commercialize a two-cycle stationary engine.

He arrived at the mouth of the creek, up which he had located the pop-popping of a stationary engine a half hour later.

The superintendent ran over to where a night engineer almost dozed at his post beside a stationary engine.

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