steam-driven
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Steam-driven describes machinery or vehicles powered by steam—typically from water heated by burning coal or wood: steam-driven locomotives, steam-driven factories.
The term evokes the Industrial Revolution, when steam engines transformed manufacturing and transportation.
Figuratively, something steam-driven suggests relentless, old-fashioned power or momentum.
Railway pulling machine
- engineMachine producing motion
- pistonReciprocating cylinder component
- cylinderCircular-based solid form
- boilerWater-heating vessel
valve · flywheel · crankshaft · governor · turbine · machinery · pump · hammer
Retrofuturistic Victorian science fiction
- retrofuturismNostalgia for bygone futures
- brassCopper-zinc metal mixture
- copperReddish-brown metallic element
- cogsProjections on a wheel
gears · goggles · airship · dirigible · clockwork · gadgetry · Victorian · ornate
Of a prim era
- Industrial RevolutionEra of mechanized production
- nineteenth-centuryThe years 1801-1900
- railwaysFixed-track transport systems
- factoriesIndustrial production facilities
ironworks · mills · Stephenson · Brunel · age · innovation · Luddite · smokestack
Continuing without pause
- determinedFirmly committed to purpose
- unstoppableImpossible to halt
- forcefulExerting strong pressure
- powerfulHaving great strength
momentum · tireless · energetic · inexorable · persistent · industrious · vigorous · intense
locomotive
Railway pulling machine
- engineMachine producing motion
- pistonReciprocating cylinder component
- cylinderCircular-based solid form
boiler · valve · flywheel · crankshaft · governor · turbine · machinery · pump · hammer · press
steampunk
Retrofuturistic Victorian science fiction
- retrofuturismNostalgia for bygone futures
- brassCopper-zinc metal mixture
- copperReddish-brown metallic element
cogs · gears · goggles · airship · dirigible · clockwork · gadgetry · Victorian · ornate · riveted
Victorian
Of a prim era
- Industrial RevolutionEra of mechanized production
- nineteenth-centuryThe years 1801-1900
- railwaysFixed-track transport systems
factories · ironworks · mills · Stephenson · Brunel · age · innovation · Luddite · smokestack · foundry
relentless
Continuing without pause
- determinedFirmly committed to purpose
- unstoppableImpossible to halt
- forcefulExerting strong pressure
powerful · momentum · tireless · energetic · inexorable · persistent · industrious · vigorous · intense · single-minded
steam-drivendiesel-powered
Using diesel fuel combustion
electric · diesel · battery-powered · gas-powered · nuclear-powered
steam-drivenmodern
Of recent times
high-tech · computerized · digital · state-of-the-art · cutting-edge
steam-drivenmanual
Written instructions for use
hand-powered · human-powered · unpowered · hand-cranked · horse-drawn