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 Translation for 'steam engine' from English to Norwegian
NOUN   a steam engine | steam engines
dampmaskin {m}steam engine [stationary]
Partial Matches
damp {m}steam
jernb.
damptog {n}
steam train
dampstrykejern {n}steam iron
dampbad {n}steam bath
tek.
dampturbin {m}
steam turbine
gastr.
å dampkoke
to steam [e.g. vegetables]
tek.
motor {m}
engine
kjøretøy
motorblokk {m/f}
engine block
inform.
søkemotor {m}
search engine
luftf.tek.
jetmotor {m}
jet engine
kjøretøytek.
dieselmotor {m}
diesel engine
brannbil {m}fire engine
motorolje {m/f}engine oil
tek.
bensinmotor {m}
petrol engine [Br.]
tek.
forbrennings­motor {m}
internal combustion engine
tek.
rekkemotor {m}
in-line engine
inform.intern.
søkemotoroptimalisering {m/f} <SEO>
search engine optimization <SEO>
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Usage Examples English
  • This limitation was overcome by the steam engine.
  • The idea was later used by James Watt to help market his improved steam engine.
  • In 1882, he returned to Dearborn to work on the family farm, where he became adept at operating the Westinghouse portable steam engine.
  • Stephenson's face is shown alongside an engraving of the "Rocket" steam engine and the Skerne Bridge on the Stockton to Darlington Railway.
  • When the internal combustion engine was invented, the term "motor" was initially used to distinguish it from the steam engine—which was in wide use at the time, powering locomotives and other vehicles such as steam rollers.

  • Thomas Newcomen's steam engine helped spawn the Industrial Revolution.
  • Smeaton also made mechanical improvements to the Newcomen steam engine.
  • The development of the Industrial Revolution led to the large-scale use of coal, as the steam engine took over from the water wheel.
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