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| − | An '''engine''' or '''motor''' is a machine designed to convert one form of energy into mechanical energy. | + | An '''engine''' or '''motor''' is a machine designed to convert one form of [[energy]] into ''mechanical energy'' (see [[Motion (physics)]]). |
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Latest revision as of 10:21, 17 May 2016
An engine or motor is a machine designed to convert one form of energy into mechanical energy (see Motion (physics)).
Description
Heat engines, including internal combustion engines and external combustion engines (such as steam engines), burn a fuel to create heat, which then creates a force.
Electric motors convert electrical energy into mechanical motion
Pneumatic motors use compressed air
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.
See also
- Automobile engine replacement
- Electric motor
- Engine cooling
- Engine swap
- Energy
- Engineering
- Force
- Gasoline engine
- Hesselman engine
- HCCI engine
- Hot bulb engine
- IRIS engine
- Machine
- Motion (physics)
- Multifuel
- Physics
- Solid-state engine
- Timeline of motor and engine technology
- Timeline of heat engine technology
External links
- Engine @ Wikipedia
