reversible engine

reversible engine

[ri′vər·sə·bəl ′en·jən]
(thermodynamics)
An ideal engine which carries out a cycle of reversible processes.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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It was powered by two 1000 horsepower reversible engines. It had 36 wooden cars that could each hold 60 people.
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