| 单词 | aeolipile |
| 释义 | aeolipile /ee ol"euh puyl'/, n. 1. a round vessel caused to rotate by the force of tangentially escaping steam: an early example of jet propulsion. 2. a device for injecting the vapors of heated alcohol into a laboratory furnace. Also, aeolipyle, eolipile. [1650-60; < L aeolipilae balls of AEOLUS, alter. of aeolipylae gates of AEOLUS, equiv. to Aeoli (gen. sing. of AEOLUS) + pylae, pl. of pyla < Gk pýle gate] |
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