Engine vs. Transmission

Enginenoun

A large construction used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult etc.

Enginenoun

A tool; a utensil or implement.

Enginenoun

A complex mechanical device which converts energy into useful motion or physical effects.

Enginenoun

A person or group of people which influence a larger group; a driving force.

Enginenoun

The part of a car or other vehicle which provides the force for motion, now especially one powered by internal combustion.

Enginenoun

A self-powered vehicle, especially a locomotive, used for pulling cars along a track.

Enginenoun

(computing) A software or hardware system responsible for a specific technical task (usually with qualifying word).

Enginenoun

(obsolete) Ingenuity; cunning, trickery, guile.

Enginenoun

(obsolete) The result of cunning; something ingenious, a contrivance; (in negative senses) a plot, a scheme.

Enginenoun

(obsolete) Natural talent; genius.

Enginenoun

Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an agent.

Engineverb

To equip with an engine; said especially of steam vessels.

Engineverb

To assault with an engine.

Engineverb

To contrive; to put into action.

Engineverb

To rack; to torture.

Enginenoun

Natural capacity; ability; skill.

Enginenoun

Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; a machine; an agent.

Enginenoun

Any instrument by which any effect is produced; especially, an instrument or machine of war or torture.

Enginenoun

A compound machine by which any physical power is applied to produce a given physical effect.

Engineverb

To assault with an engine.

Engineverb

To equip with an engine; - said especially of steam vessels; as, vessels are often built by one firm and engined by another.

Engineverb

Pronounced, in this sense, .) To rack; to torture.

Enginenoun

motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work

Enginenoun

something used to achieve a purpose;

Enginenoun

a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks

Enginenoun

a machine with moving parts that converts power into motion

Enginenoun

a thing that is the agent or instrument of a particular process

Enginenoun

a locomotive.

Enginenoun

a fire engine.

Enginenoun

a mechanical device or instrument, especially one used in warfare

Engine

An engine or motor is a machine designed to convert one form of energy into mechanical energy. Heat engines convert heat into work via various thermodynamic processes.

Transmissionnoun

The act of transmitting, e.g. data or electric power.

Transmissionnoun

The fact of being transmitted.

Transmissionnoun

Something that is transmitted, such as a message, picture or a disease; the sending of such a thing.

Transmissionnoun

(biology) The passage of a nerve impulse across synapses.

Transmissionnoun

(automotive) An assembly of gears through which power is transmitted from the engine to the driveshaft in a motor car / automobile; a gearbox.

Transmissionnoun

(legal) The right possessed by an heir or legatee of transmitting to his successor(s) any inheritance, legacy, right, or privilege, to which he is entitled, even if he should die without enjoying or exercising it.

Transmissionnoun

(medicine, biology) The passing of a communicable disease from an infected host individual or group to a conspecific individual or group.

Transmissionnoun

The act of transmitting, or the state of being transmitted; as, the transmission of letters, writings, papers, news, and the like, from one country to another; the transmission of rights, titles, or privileges, from father to son, or from one generation to another.

Transmissionnoun

The right possessed by an heir or legatee of transmitting to his successor or successors any inheritance, legacy, right, or privilege, to which he is entitled, even if he should die without enjoying or exercising it.

Transmissionnoun

The mechanism within a vehicle which transmits rotational power from the engine to the axle of the wheel propelling the vehicle; it includes the gears and gear-changing mechanism as well as the propeller shaft.

Transmissionnoun

The process or event of sending signals by means of a radio-frequency wave from an electronic transmitter to a receiving device.

Transmissionnoun

the act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted

Transmissionnoun

communication by means of transmitted signals

Transmissionnoun

the fraction of radiant energy that passes through a substance

Transmissionnoun

an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted

Transmissionnoun

the gears that transmit power from an automobile engine via the driveshaft to the live axle

Transmissionnoun

the action or process of transmitting something or the state of being transmitted

Transmissionnoun

a programme or signal that is broadcast or sent out

Transmissionnoun

the mechanism by which power is transmitted from an engine to the axle in a motor vehicle