Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

aeolipile

/ˈiː.əʊ.lɪ.pʌɪl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ae-olip-ile
IPA: /ˈiː.əʊ.lɪ.pʌɪl/

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A steam engine powered by rocket propulsion due to escaping steam, consisting of a pressure vessel mounted on a bearing, with one or more tubes which exhaust steam tangentially to the rotation axis so as to create rotation, which is mostly regarded as a curiosity with no practical use.

Example Sentences

"His machine, called an aeolipile, was quite simple. Water in a sealed kettle was heated to boiling over a fire. As the steam expanded, it traveled up two tubes into a sphere, which had two L-shaped openings. The steam would force its way out of the openings, causing the sphere to spin."

Etymology

From French éolipyle, from Latin Aeoli pylae (“doorway of Aeolus”).

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: éolipyle

Inflected Forms

aeolipiles (plural) aeolipyle (alternative) eolipile (alternative)

Homonyms

aeolipyle

Questions

How do you pronounce aeolipile?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈiː.əʊ.lɪ.pʌɪl/.
What does aeolipile mean?: A steam engine powered by rocket propulsion due to escaping steam, consisting of a pressure vessel mounted on a bearing, with one or more tubes which exhaust steam tangentially to the rotation axis so as to create rotation, which is mostly regarded as a curiosity with no practical use.
Where does aeolipile come from?: It is traced to French.

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