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Piston engine
Any of several types of engine having cylinders containing reciprocating pistons, in which a crankshaft is turned by pistons moving up and down within cylinders.
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Any of several types of engine having cylinders containing reciprocating pistons, in which a crankshaft is turned by pistons moving up and down within cylinders.
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| Word | Definition |
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| reciprocating enginenoun | Synonym of piston engine. |
| internal combustion enginenoun | 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. |
| steam enginenoun | Any heat engine that uses steam as its primary working fluid to do mechanical work. |
| pistonnoun | (mechanics) A solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder, and moves under pressure (as in an engine) or displaces fluid (as in a pump) |
| cylindernoun | Any object in the form of a circular cylinder. |
| internal-combustion enginenoun | Alternative form of internal combustion engine. [A piston or a rotary heat engine directly powered by the products of intermittent combustion of a fuel.] |
| diesel enginenoun | (usually automotive, transport) Such an engine that burns diesel (diesel fuel). |
| beam enginenoun | A kind of steam engine where a pivoted overhead beam is used to apply the force from a vertical piston to a vertical connecting rod. |
| entry ignition enginenoun | (automotive) A type of extended-Brayton-cycle-based two-stroke engine which uses four cylinders for a combustion cycle of four strokes, but having a power stroke rate of that on regular two-stroke cycles. |
| rotary enginenoun | Any of several types of internal combustion engine in which the power output is directly rotational. |
| atmospheric enginenoun | A kind of steam engine in which the steam is admitted only to the underside of the piston. |
| petrol enginenoun | (mechanics) An internal combustion engine designed to run on petrol (gasoline). |
| instrokenoun | An inward stroke; specifically, in a steam engine or other engine, a stroke in which the piston is moving away from the crankshaft. |
| compound enginenoun | A condensing engine in which the mechanical action of the steam begins in one cylinder and ends in a larger cylinder. |
| connecting rodnoun | Any rod, in an engine, that transmits power or motion, especially one that connects a reciprocating shaft to a rotating wheel, in reciprocating engines connecting piston to crankshaft |
| straight-sixnoun | (engineering, automotive) An internal combustion engine, with six cylinders mounted in a straight line along the crankcase with all the pistons driving a common crankshaft. |
| engine blocknoun | The metal casting that contains the piston cylinders of an engine. |
| combustion enginenoun | An engine that uses the combustion of fuel to produce work (movement). |
| enginenoun | The part of a car or other vehicle which provides the force for motion, now especially one powered by internal combustion. |
| steeple enginenoun | A vertical back-acting steam engine having the cylinder beneath the crosshead. |
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