internal combustion engine
A piston or a rotary heat engine directly powered by the products of intermittent…A piston or a rotary heat engine directly powered by the products of intermittent combustion of a fuel.
» Tom explained how an internal-combustion engine worked.
Meaning
2 sensesA piston or a rotary heat engine directly powered by the products of intermittent combustion of a fuel.
Verbrennungsmotor
дви́гатель вну́треннего сгора́нияdvígatelʹ vnútrennevo sgoránija
двигу́н вну́трішнього згоря́нняdvyhún vnútrišnʹoho zhorjánnja
A heat engine in which intermittent or the continuous burning of a fuel takes place inside a combustion chamber; the resulting pressurized gas acts directly on the engine to do useful work, such as a piston engine, gas turbine, jet engine or rocket.
Examples
3 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. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom is explaining the way an internal-combustion engine works.
deTom erklärt die Funktionsweise eines Verbrennungsmotors. — Melang
Translations
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Forms
plural: internal combustion engines| Singular | internal combustion engine |
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