( n. )
A component part performing an essential office in the working of any complex machine; as, the cylinder, valves, crank, etc., are organs of the steam engine.
( n. )
A component part performing an essential office in the working of any complex machine; as, the cylinder, valves, crank, etc., are organs of the steam engine.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012