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English-german technical dictionary. 2013.
English-german technical dictionary. 2013.
Hot air engine — (historically simply air engine or caloric engine [cite book|author=Robert Sier|title=Hot air caloric and stirling engines. Vol.1, A history|edition=1st Edition (Revised)|publisher=L.A. Mair|year=1999|id=ISBN 0 9526417 0 4] ) is a catch all term… … Wikipedia
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turbine — tur•bine [[t]ˈtɜr bɪn, baɪn[/t]] n. mac any of various machines having a rotor, usu. with vanes or blades, driven by the pressure or thrust of a moving fluid, as steam, water, hot gases, or air, either in the form of free jets or as a fluid… … From formal English to slang