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compound engines

compound engines is the plural of compound engine.

Meaning of compound engine

Noun

compound engine (plural compound engines)

  1. A condensing engine in which the mechanical action of the steam begins in one cylinder and ends in a larger cylinder.

Questions about compound engines

What is compound engines the plural of?
Compound engines is the plural of compound engine.

Words near compound engines in the dictionary

  1. compound crystals
  2. compound curve
  3. compound curves
  4. compound duple
  5. compound engine
  6. compound engines
  7. compound exercise
  8. compound exercises
  9. compound eye
  10. compound eyes
  11. compound fracture

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