View Poll Results: WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? ENGINE OR MOTOR
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What Do You Call It? ENGINE OR MOTOR
06-27-2007, 11:47 AM
#31
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ENGINE OR MOTOR. A MOTOR POWERS AN ENGINE
MOTOR: THAT WHICH PRODUCES POWER OR MOTION. A MACHINE WHICH PREFORMS MECHANICAL WORK A MACHINE FOR TRANSMUTING ENERGY INTO MECHANICAL MOTION.. ENGINE, ANYTHING USED TO EFFECT A PURPOSE. A MACHINE BY WHICH POWER IS APPLIED FOR THE PREFORMANCE OF WORK; AN APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING SOME MECHANICAL EFFECT; A LOCOMOTIVE
06-28-2007, 04:24 PM
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wELL tOM MY RIEND, LET ME BE THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE HERE AND SHOW YOU THE QUESTION YOU ASKIED. iT HAS NO ANSWER. oR IT HAS EITHER ANSWER.
Ooops Capslock was on. Sorry.
I guess that depends on what you call IT. I think I heard that argument in the Bill Clinton Hearings too.
It? What's an It?
Ed
Ooops Capslock was on. Sorry.
WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? ENGINE OR MOTOR
It? What's an It?
Ed
06-29-2007, 07:13 PM
#35
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I always thought that an engine was a machine that converted energy(by means of a chemical reaction, ie: fuels of variouse types) into mechanical motion. And a motor uses and existing energy source (electricity, wind or water, and there are more) to produce mechanical motion.
But hell, what do I know. :? :roll:
But hell, what do I know. :? :roll:
