engine
- Noun. (obsolete) Cunning, trickery.
- Noun. (obsolete) The result of cunning; a plot, a scheme.
- Noun. (engineering) A device to convert energy into useful mechanical motion, especially heat energy.
- Noun. A powered locomotive used for pulling cars on railways.
- Noun. A person or group of people which influence a larger group.
- Noun. (informal) the brain or heart.
- Noun. (computing) A software system, not a complete program, responsible for a technical task (as in ''layout engine'', ''physics engine'').
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