Engine
An engine or motor is a machine designed to convert one form of energy into mechanical energy. Heat engines burn a fuel to create heat which is then used to do work. Internal combustion engines are heat engines that burn fuel in a combustion chamber to extract work from the pressure of expanding gases. Electric motors convert electrical energy into mechanical motion; pneumatic motors use compressed air; and clockwork motors in wind-up toys use elastic energy. In biological systems, molecular motors, like myosins in muscles, use chemical energy to create forces and eventually motion.
Engine (noun)
A large construction used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult etc. from 14th c.
Engine (noun)
A tool; a utensil or implement. from 14th c.
Engine (noun)
A complex mechanical device which converts energy into useful motion or physical effects. from 16th c.
Engine (noun)
A person or group of people which influence a larger group; a driving force. from 16th c.
Engine (noun)
The part of a car or other vehicle which provides the force for motion, now especially one powered by internal combustion. from 19th c.
Engine (noun)
A self-powered vehicle, especially a locomotive, used for pulling cars along a track. from 19th c.
Engine (noun)
A software or hardware system responsible for a specific technical task (usually with qualifying word). from 20th c.
“a graphics engine; a physics engine”
Engine (noun)
Ingenuity; cunning, trickery, guile. 13th-17th c.
Engine (noun)
The result of cunning; something ingenious, a contrivance; (in negative senses) a plot, a scheme. 13th-18th c.
Engine (noun)
Natural talent; genius. 14th-17th c.
Engine (noun)
Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an agent.
Engine (verb)
To equip with an engine; said especially of steam vessels.
“Vessels are often built by one firm and engined by another.”
Engine (verb)
To assault with an engine.
Engine (verb)
To contrive; to put into action.
Engine (verb)
To rack; to torture.
Transmission (noun)
The act of transmitting, e.g. data or electric power.
Transmission (noun)
The fact of being transmitted.
Transmission (noun)
Something that is transmitted, such as a message, picture or a disease; the sending of such a thing.
Transmission (noun)
The passage of a nerve impulse across synapses.
Transmission (noun)
An assembly of gears through which power is transmitted from the engine to the driveshaft in a motor car / automobile; a gearbox.
Transmission (noun)
The right possessed by an heir or legatee of transmitting to his successor(s) any inheritance, legacy, right, or privilege, to which he is entitled, even if he should die without enjoying or exercising it.
Transmission (noun)
(medicine, biology) The passing of a communicable disease from an infected host individual or group to a conspecific individual or group.
Engine (noun)
a machine with moving parts that converts power into motion
“engine failure”
“the roar of a car engine”
Engine (noun)
a thing that is the agent or instrument of a particular process
“exports used to be the engine of growth”
Engine (noun)
a locomotive.
Engine (noun)
a fire engine.
Engine (noun)
a mechanical device or instrument, especially one used in warfare
“a siege engine”
Transmission (noun)
the action or process of transmitting something or the state of being transmitted
“the transmission of the virus”
Transmission (noun)
a programme or signal that is broadcast or sent out
“television transmissions”
Transmission (noun)
the mechanism by which power is transmitted from an engine to the axle in a motor vehicle
“a three-speed automatic transmission”