steam engine

heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid
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steam engine

Summary

steam engine is an engineering term[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • steam engine's instance of is recorded as engineering term[3].
  • steam engine is a type of heat engine[4].
  • steam engine's Commons category is recorded as Steam engines[5].
  • steam engine's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Steam engines[6].
  • steam engine's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[7].
  • steam engine's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia[8].
  • steam engine's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • steam engine's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • steam engine's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia[11].
  • steam engine's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[12].
  • steam engine's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13].
  • steam engine's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14].
  • steam engine's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[15].
  • steam engine's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[16].

Body

Physical Characteristics

steam engine's UNSPSC code is recorded as 26101505[17].

Designation and Status

steam engine's instance of is recorded as engineering term[3].

Why It Matters

steam engine has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  13. [17] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · Legonin · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Larousse id divers/wd/100756
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P6058]]: divers/wd/100756"
  2. 23d ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id h0007334-parni-stroje
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0007334-parni-stroje, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  3. 24d ago · Espartatuga · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of engineering term
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q135841149]]"
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