(of combustion engine)

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• Combustion engine — may refer to: Internal combustion engine External combustion engine This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change …   Wikipedia

• combustion engine — noun : an engine that derives its motive force from the energy of combustion compare external combustion engine, internal combustion engine * * * any of various types of engines driven by energy produced by combustion …   Useful english dictionary

• combustion engine — See external combustion engine internal combustion engine …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• combustion engine — engine powered by the ignition of fuel …   English contemporary dictionary

• Internal combustion engine — The internal combustion engine is an engine in which the combustion of a fuel (normally a fossil fuel) occurs with an oxidizer (usually air) in a combustion chamber. In an internal combustion engine, the expansion of the high temperature and high …   Wikipedia

• internal-combustion engine — an engine of one or more working cylinders in which the process of combustion takes place within the cylinders. [1880 85] * * * Any engine in which a fuel air mixture is burned in the engine proper so that the hot gaseous products of combustion… …   Universalium

• internal-combustion engine — noun a heat engine in which combustion occurs inside the engine rather than in a separate furnace; heat expands a gas that either moves a piston or turns a gas turbine • Syn: ↑ICE • Hypernyms: ↑heat engine • Hyponyms: ↑diesel, ↑diesel engine, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Controlled Combustion Engine — REVETEC X4v2 Prototype Engine Controlled Combustion Engine (CCE) is a term used by Revetec, an engine design company, to identify a type of experimental internal combustion engine (ICE) designed by Brad Howell Smith. It uses two counter rotating… …   Wikipedia

• External combustion engine — An external combustion engine (EC engine) is a heat engine where an (internal) working fluid is heated by combustion of an external source, through the engine wall or a heat exchanger. The fluid then, by expanding and acting on the mechanism of… …   Wikipedia

• Internal-combustion engine — Internal combustion engine) in which the heat or pressure energy necessary to produce motion is developed in the engine cylinder, as by the explosion of a gas, and not in a separate chamber, as in a steam engine boiler. The gas used may be a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• external-combustion engine — noun a heat engine in which ignition occurs outside the chamber (cylinder or turbine) in which heat is converted to mechanical energy • Hypernyms: ↑heat engine • Hyponyms: ↑steam engine * * * noun : a heat engine that derives its heat from fuel… …   Useful english dictionary