beamengine
nounUK /ˈbiːmˌɛndʒɪn/
US /ˈbiːmˌɛndʒɪn/
A beam engine is a big old machine that uses a moving arm to pump water or run other machines.
The old beam engine in the museum still moves its big arm up and down.
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2. A steam engine in which a rocking beam transfers power from a vertical cylinder to a pump or crank.
The beam engine powered the mine's water pump for over a century.
3. A type of early industrial engine often preserved as a heritage exhibit.
Visitors watched the restored beam engine turn slowly under steam.
4. Any engine whose motion is transmitted through a pivoted horizontal beam.
Engineers studied the beam engine to understand early mechanical linkages.