Aeolipileとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• aeolipyle
• eolipile

語源

From French éolipyle, from Latin Aeoli pylae (“doorway of Aeolus”).

発音

• IPA: /ˈiː.əʊ.lɪ.pʌɪl/

名詞

aeolipile (plural aeolipiles)

1. A steam engine powered by rocket propulsion due to escaping steam, consisting of a pressure vessel mounted on a bearing, with one or more tubes which exhaust steam tangentially to the rotation axis so as to create rotation, which is mostly regarded as a curiosity with no practical use.
   • 2020, John Rocco, How We Got to the Moon, page 29:

     His machine, called an aeolipile, was quite simple. Water in a sealed kettle was heated to boiling over a fire. As the steam expanded, it traveled up two tubes into a sphere, which had two L-shaped openings. The steam would force its way out of the openings, causing the sphere to spin.

Also See

• Wikipedia: Aeolipile