Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beam engine

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.06 in modern English

Syllables: beam engine
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of steam engine where a pivoted overhead beam is used to apply the force from a vertical piston to a vertical connecting rod.

Example Sentences

"The locomotives of the day had insufficient power to work the trains up the gradient, and it was decided to install beam type steam engines on the platform at Edge Hill Station, to haul them on an endless hempen rope through the tunnel, 2,230 yd. long. The beam engines were placed in service in 1836, and the working of the incline by ropes continued until 1870."

Inflected Forms

beam engines (plural)

Questions

What does beam engine mean?: A kind of steam engine where a pivoted overhead beam is used to apply the force from a vertical piston to a vertical connecting rod.

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