Definitions for eolipiles

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eolipiles e·ol·i·pile

Spelling: [ee-ol-uh-pahyl]

IPA: /iˈɒl əˌpaɪl/

Eolipiles is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 202 anagrams from letters in eolipiles (eeiillops).

Definitions for eolipiles

noun

1. aeolipile.
2. a round vessel caused to rotate by the force of tangentially escaping steam: an early example of jet propulsion.
3. a device for injecting the vapors of heated alcohol into a laboratory furnace.

Origin of eolipiles

1650-60; Latin aeolīpilae balls of Aeolus, alteration of aeolīpylae gates of Aeolus, equivalent to Aeolī (genitive singular of Examples for eolipiles

This also was the invention of Hero, and was a reaction engine, on the principle of the eolipile.