combustion engine
An engine that uses the combustion of fuel to produce workAn engine that uses the combustion of fuel to produce work (movement).
» Tom explained how an internal-combustion engine worked.
Meaning
1 sensesAn engine that uses the combustion of fuel to produce work (movement).
Verbrennungsmotor
Examples
5 sentencesTom explained how an internal-combustion engine worked.
Internal combustion engines burn a mixture of fuel and air.
deIn Verbrennungsmotoren wird ein Treibstoff-Luft-Gemisch verbrannt.
Tom is explaining the way an internal-combustion engine works.
deTom erklärt die Funktionsweise eines Verbrennungsmotors.
If the demise of the combustion engine is near, Algeria shouldn't become a dump for European used cars.
Algeria should plan to phase out cars from combustion engines instead of planning to import Europe's used combustion engine cars.
Translations
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Forms
plural: combustion engines| Singular | combustion engine |
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| Plural | combustion engines |
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