Technology / Aviation / Rotary Engine: A powerplant that rotates on a stationary propeller shaft. An American invention by Adams-Farwell Co (1896), it was first used for buses and trucks in the US (1903), then copied by French engineers for early aircraft engines (1914).
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Engine Adjective Synonyms: motor, machine, mechanism, appliance, apparatus, locomotive
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Business / Search Engine Optimization (SEO) / Search Engine (SE): a program, which searches a document or group of documents for relevant matches of a users keyword phrase and returns a list of the most relevant matches. Internet search engines such as Google and Ya MORE
Technology / Home Audio / Rotary Volume: An analog or linear volume control operated with a knob to raise and lower the volume, as opposed to separate digital 'up and down' pushbuttons or pushbar. MORE
Technology / Aviation / Rotary Engine: A powerplant that rotates on a stationary propeller shaft. An American invention by Adams-Farwell Co (1896), it was first used for buses and trucks in the US (1903), then copied by French engineers fo MORE
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Science / Tides and Currents / Rotary Current: A tidal current that flows continually with the direction of flow changing through all points of the compass during the tidal period. Rotary currents are usually found offshore where the direction of MORE