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EXTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does external-combustion engine mean? 

EXTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINE (noun)
  The noun EXTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINE has 1 sense:

1. a heat engine in which ignition occurs outside the chamber (cylinder or turbine) in which heat is converted to mechanical energyplay

  Familiarity information: EXTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EXTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A heat engine in which ignition occurs outside the chamber (cylinder or turbine) in which heat is converted to mechanical energy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("external-combustion engine" is a kind of...):

heat engine (any engine that makes use of heat to do work)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "external-combustion engine"):

steam engine (external-combustion engine in which heat is used to raise steam which either turns a turbine or forces a piston to move up and down in a cylinder)


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