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Originally Posted by StevenB
I love how the trolling thread has been derailed into something useful.
Let's make a list:
Motors
Electric motor
Rocket motor
Molecular motor
Motorcycle
Motor neuron
Engines
Gasoline engine
Jet engine
Steam engine
Stirling engine
Search engine
I remember reading a model rocketry book which was adamant that the propulsion was a "rocket motor", and not a "rocket engine". But I see now that Estes calls them "engines".
Wikipedia treats "motor" and "engine" as effectively synonymous, at least until someone here goes and edits the article. |
Yeah, Estes is wrong. My rocket propulsion professor was equally adamant about solids being a "motor" (I'll take his word for it. He basically wrote "the book" on solid rocket motors)