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heat engine

heat engine noun: any device which converts heat energy into mechanical work, by moving heat from a source to a sink.

Noun

heat engine (plural heat engines)

  1. Any device which converts heat energy into mechanical work, by moving heat from a source to a sink.

heat engine meaning in Tamil

heat engine in Tamil

வெப்ப இயந்திரம், வெப்பப்பொறி, வெப்பவெஞ்சின், வெப்பப் பொறி

Forms of heat engine

pluralheat engines

Words formed from heat engine

Questions about heat engine

What does heat engine mean?
Heat engine means any device which converts heat energy into mechanical work, by moving heat from a source to a sink.
What is heat engine in Tamil?
Heat engine in Tamil is வெப்ப இயந்திரம், வெப்பப்பொறி, வெப்பவெஞ்சின். See Heat engine meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is heat engine?
Heat engine is a noun.
What is the plural of heat engine?
The plural of heat engine is heat engines.

Words near heat engine in the dictionary

  1. heat detectors
  2. heat dome
  3. heat domes
  4. heat dump
  5. heat dumps
  6. heat engine
  7. heat engines
  8. heat exchange
  9. heat exchanger
  10. heat exchangers
  11. heat exchanges

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Adapted from Wiktionary: heat engine (page history and authors); heat engine (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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