aeolipile

Meaning

Noun

  • A steam engine powered by rocket propulsion due to escaping steam, consisting of a pressure vessel mounted on a bearing, with one or more tubes which exhaust steam tangentially to the rotation axis so as to create rotation.

Origin

  • From French éolipyle, from Latin ("doorway of [[w:Aeolus").

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