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  • adjective Using steam power.

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  • adjective powered by a steam engine

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Examples

  • Napoleon had dismissed the idea of steam-powered ships when Fulton broached the subject while still in France.

    Wired Top Stories Tony Long 2011

  • Currently in the works, War of the Worlds Goliath is a sequel to War of the Worlds, pitting giant, steam-powered Tripod battle machines against the Martians.

    Archive 2009-06-01 2009

  • On the new Ford carrier, the catapult that launches jets off the deck will be electromagnetic, not steam-powered, allowing for quicker takeoffs.

    China Takes Aim at U.S. Naval Might Julian E. Barnes 2012

  • He stayed in the shadows while the scant dozen passengers disembarked from the wooden-hulled steam-powered passenger ferry Virginia V, just in from Seattle via the Colvos Passage.

    Excerpt: Spade & Archer by Joe Gores 2009

  • Cables that held the masts in place lie in coils on the deck and a steam-powered winch that might have been added in the early 1900s is visible in the bow section.

    Wreck of Canadian schooner found in Lake Ontario 2011

  • Luke MacGregor/Reuters COLORFUL DISPLAY: Tony Smith posted in front of a display of pumpkin and squash arranged to look like a steam-powered train near Arundel, England, Friday.

    Photos of the Day: Oct. 1 2010

  • Abe Lincoln, the steam-powered emancipator (link roundup)

    Archive 2009-01-01 2009

  • In April 1816, Congress approved an eight-year program to build nine ships of the line, twelve large frigates, and three steam-powered port-defense batteries.

    Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

  • It can't do everything the old steam-powered, front cranked, desktop PC could do, and I've no bookmarks here, but blogging seems to be a possibility again.

    Three Cheers for Mrs Beamish John 2009

  • Cables that held the masts in place lie in coils on the deck and a steam-powered winch that might have been added in the early 1900s is visible in the bow section.

    Wreck of Canadian schooner found in Lake Ontario 2011

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