engine

machine designed to produce mechanical energy from another form of energy
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engine

Summary

engine ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,276 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • engine is a type of machine[2].
  • engine is a type of power engine[3].
  • engine is part of powertrain[4].
  • engine is used for propulsion[5].
  • engine's Commons category is recorded as Engines[6].
  • engine's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Engines[7].
  • engine's Commons gallery is recorded as Engine[8].
  • engine's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[9].
  • engine's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[10].
  • engine's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[11].
  • engine's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • engine's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • engine's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • engine's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • engine's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[16].
  • engine's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox engine[17].
  • engine's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox automotive engine[18].
  • engine's different from is recorded as software engine[19].
  • engine's permanent duplicated item is recorded as Q96240196[20].
  • engine's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[21].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include machine[2] and power engine[3].

Use and Application

engine is used for propulsion[5]. engine is part of powertrain[4].

Why It Matters

engine ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,276 views/month).[1] engine has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] engine is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  19. [20] . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). engine. Retrieved April 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/engine
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_engine_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{engine}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/engine}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-11}}
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  1. 15d ago · O Breixo · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Enciclopedia galega universal id 154050
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P13613]]: 154050"
  2. 24d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id h0006671-motory
    Vikidia article id fr:Moteur
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0006671-motory, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
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