Locomotive and Steam engine

Locomotive

Locomotive noun - A wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks.
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Steam engine and locomotive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Steam engine" instead a noun "Locomotive".

Nearby Word: locomotion

Steam engine

Steam engine noun - External-combustion engine in which heat is used to raise steam which either turns a turbine or forces a piston to move up and down in a cylinder.
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Locomotive and steam engine are semantically related. You can use "Locomotive" instead a noun phrase "Steam engine".

Both terms in one sentence

  • Webcomic / Widdershins Magic and Tech apparently don't coexist well in the Widdershins universe, as electronics don't work in the city and the train to Widdershins is pulled by a steam engine even in the 21st century (although the imbued tracks allows a steam engine to be as fast as a modern electric locomotive).
  • Useful Notes / The American Civil War The North can make a steam engine, locomotive, or railway car; hardly a yard of cloth or pair of shoes can you make.
  • James Watt didn't invent the first stationary steam engine, and George and Robert Stephenson didn't invent the first steam locomotive.
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