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"Their engines had been installed a few moments earlier" Don't they mean motors? Or are they interchangeable in this context now?
by benj111 8y ago
"Their engines had been installed a few moments earlier"
Don't they mean motors? Or are they interchangeable in this context now?
- syntaxing 8y agoNot sure why you're being down voted but it's a good question since my Professor spent some time to explain this. I think if you think of the literal definition in the English dictionary, then the wording is correct. However, most people in the technical community would agree engin is a subclass of motor that uses a cyclical process to convert power to motion.
- kwhitefoot 8y ago> most people in the technical community Not this member of the technical community; an engine is simply something that makes something else go or achieve an end. In my field we have calculation engines, these are neither electric nor cyclical. And a motor is essentially the same thing. Engines can be steam, ICE, electric, programmatic, or even man powered (for instance a siege engine). Perhaps it's different where you come from or, perhaps, there is more than one technical community.
- ec109685 8y agoA lot of their cars are hybrid, so engine is right