Noun
An engine moved by steam.
Source: Webster's dictionarysteam-engine
Now that the steam engine rules the world, a title is an absurdity, still I am all dressed up in this title. It will crush me if I do not support it. The title attracts attention to myself. Stendhal
Modern liberalism: a heartless steam engine. Samuel Wilberforce
Every small boy wanted to be a steam engine driver when they grew up in the old days, including me. There's something very special about them - the noise, the smell, the steam coming out everywhere. Michael Bond
I guess the two things I was most interested in were telescopes and steam engines. My father was an engineer on a threshing rig steam engine and I loved the machinery. Clyde Tombaugh
Electricity is an example of a general purpose technology, like the steam engine before it. General purpose technologies drive most economic growth, because they unleash cascades of complementary innovations, like lightbulbs and, yes, factory redesign. Erik Brynjolfsson
Where did the second law of thermodynamics come from? ...The steam engine. ...The cosmos is not a steam engine. Howard Bloom