An engine that has only a single stage, contrasting to a compound engine, compound locomotive, or triple expansion engine, which use multiple stages to improve efficiency.

The metal casting that contains the piston cylinders of an engine.

A kind of steam engine where a pivoted overhead beam is used to apply the force from a vertical piston to a vertical connecting rod.

One who engages in social engineering.

To achieve or access by means of social engineering.

(engineering) In a tensile test, the ratio of the applied force to the initial cross-sectional area of the tensile specimen (ignoring the gradual decrease in area resulting from Poisson's ratio).

(engineering) A dimensionless measure of object deformation; the of the ratio of the object's deformed length to the its initial length, along some axis.

(engineering) The subfield of engineering concerned with designing and building controllers and control systems.

(engineering) The subfield of engineering concerned with designing and building electromechanical systems.

(Internet) A system that displays aggregated results from several search engines, invoked simultaneously