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steam power

steam power noun: power derived from water heated into steam, usually converted to motive power by a reciprocating engine (a steam engine) or turbine (a steam turbine).

Noun

steam power (uncountable)

  1. Power derived from water heated into steam, usually converted to motive power by a reciprocating engine (a steam engine) or turbine (a steam turbine).
    • The pistons are driven by steam power.
  2. A means of transportation, or heavy equipment, based on such power, especially steamboats, steamships, or steam trains.
    • Before the diesel locomotive, steam power was king.

steam power meaning in Tamil

steam power in Tamil

நீராவித் திறன்

Words formed from steam power

Questions about steam power

What does steam power mean?
Steam power means power derived from water heated into steam, usually converted to motive power by a reciprocating engine (a steam engine) or turbine (a steam turbine).
What is steam power in Tamil?
Steam power in Tamil is நீராவித் திறன். See Steam power meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is steam power?
Steam power is a noun.

Words near steam power in the dictionary

  1. steam piano
  2. steam pianos
  3. steam pipe
  4. steam pipes
  5. Steam Plains
  6. steam power
  7. steam punk
  8. steam radio
  9. steam reforming
  10. steam roller
  11. steam rollers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: steam power (page history and authors); steam power (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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