English-Norwegian translations for engine

• motor

Definition of engine

• A large construction used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult etc.
• A complex mechanical device which converts energy into useful motion or physical effects.
• The part of a car or other vehicle which provides the force for motion, now especially one powered by internal combustion.
• A software or hardware system responsible for a specific technical task .
• Ingenuity; cunning, trickery, guile.
• Natural talent; genius.
• To equip with an engine; said especially of steam vessels
• To assault with an engine
• To contrive; to put into action

Examples

• a graphics engine; a physics engine
• Vessels are often built by one firm and engined by another.

Related words

• engineer
• engineering
• reverse-engineer
• twin-engine
• reengineering
• geoengineering
• engineerization
• reverse-engineering
• overengineering