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• steam launch — noun A large steam driven boat • • • Main Entry: ↑steam …   Useful english dictionary

• Steam yacht — A steam yacht is a class of yacht with primary or secondary steam propulsion. The term steam yacht encompasses vessels of two distinct uses, but of similar design. The first is a yacht in the modern sense a vessel owned privately and used for… …   Wikipedia

• Steam Boat Association of Great Britain — The Steam Boat Association of Great Britain (SBA) is a waterway society It was formed in 1971 to promote steamboats and represent steamboat owners interests, and it has over 1,100 members, a quarter of whom live outside the UK. The Association… …   Wikipedia

• launch — Synonyms and related words: advance, altitude peak, automatic control, begin, blast off, blast off, boat, bowl, bring before, bring forward, bring up, broach, bundle, bundle off, bung, burn, burnout, cabin cruiser, cast, catapult, ceiling,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• Launch — Launch, n. 1. The act of launching. [1913 Webster] 2. The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built. [1913 Webster] 3. [Cf. Sp. lancha.] (Naut.) The boat of the largest… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Steam (content delivery) — Infobox Software name=Steam logo= caption=The Steam welcome screen with the default skin developer=Valve Corporation released=2003 09 12cite web|url=http://store.steampowered.com/news/183/|title=Steam Client Released|date=2003 09… …   Wikipedia

• Steam (software) — Steampowered redirects here. For the steam engine, see Steam engine. Steam …   Wikipedia

• Steam cannon — Leonardo da Vinci first proposed the idea of a steam powered cannon that would launch a projectile using only heat and water. Some sources say Archimedes was the original source of the idea.The device would consist of a large metal tube,… …   Wikipedia

• Naphtha launch — An Escher Wyss launch of 1888 Alfred Nobel s aluminium hulled …   Wikipedia

• Marine steam engine — Period cut away diagram of a triple expansion steam engine installation, circa 1918 A marine steam engine is a reciprocating steam engine that is used to power a ship or boat. Steam turbines and diesel engines largely replaced reciprocating steam …   Wikipedia

• Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 — Launch Complex 39 redirects here. For the Proton launch complex at Baikonur, see Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 200. Launch Complex 39 An aerial view of Launch Complex 39 Launch site Kennedy Space Center Locat …   Wikipedia