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• Rotary piston engine — The term rotary piston engine can have several meanings:* Rotary engine, the piston engine that rotates in operation, as used on World War I fighter aircraft* Pistonless rotary engine, the engines which use rotors or rotary pistons instead of… …   Wikipedia

• Rotary engine — The rotary engine was an early type of internal combustion aircraft engine in which the crankshaft remains stationary and the entire cylinder block revolves around it. The design was used mostly in the years shortly before and during World War I… …   Wikipedia

• Piston — For other uses, see Piston (disambiguation). Components of a typical, four stroke cycle, DOHC piston engine. (E) Exhaust camshaft, (I) Intake camshaft, (S) Spark plug, (V) Valves, (P) Piston, (R) Connecting rod, (C) Crankshaft, (W) Water jacket… …   Wikipedia

• Piston valve — A piston valve is a device used to control the motion of a fluid along a tube or pipe by means of the linear motion of a piston within a chamber or cylinder.Examples of piston valves are: * The valves used in the valve gear of many stationary… …   Wikipedia

• rotary engine — An internal combustion engine which is not of a reciprocating (piston) engine design. There is no true crankshaft, although the power take off shaft is sometimes called the crankshaft. It is stationary or fixed in that it simply spins in place.… …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• Rotary engine (disambiguation) — A rotary engine was a rotating piston engine used in some early aircraft.Confusingly, the Wankel engine a pistonless internal combustion engine used in NSU and some Mazda cars has also been referred to as a rotary engine Rotary engine may also… …   Wikipedia

• rotary engine — 1. an engine, as a turbine, in which the impelling fluid produces torque directly rather than by acting upon reciprocating parts. 2. a revolving radial engine. [1810 20] * * * Internal combustion engine in which the combustion chambers and… …   Universalium

• piston — pistonlike, adj. /pis teuhn/, n. 1. a disk or cylindrical part tightly fitting and moving within a cylinder, either to compress or move a fluid collected in the cylinder, as air or water, or to transform energy imparted by a fluid entering or… …   Universalium

• rotary engine — /roʊtəri ˈɛndʒən/ (say rohtuhree enjuhn) noun an internal combustion engine whose operating action is non reciprocal, its piston, usually three faced, rotating about the crankshaft to which it may be geared, in an irregularly shaped combustion… …  

• piston-valve engine — A two stroke engine that relies on the ports in the cylinder walls to control admission and exhaust of the air/fuel mixture; it is not equipped with other control elements such as rotary valves …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• rotary disc valve — A valve employed as an intake control in modern two stroke engines, consisting of a thin steel disc attached to one end of the crankshaft. The intake port passes trough to the disc valve assembly, and thus is normally closed off by the disc. To… …   Dictionary of automotive terms