RADIAL ENGINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does radial engine mean? 

• RADIAL ENGINE (noun)
  The noun RADIAL ENGINE has 1 sense:

1. an internal-combustion engine having cylinders arranged radially around a central crankcase

  Familiarity information: RADIAL ENGINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RADIAL ENGINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An internal-combustion engine having cylinders arranged radially around a central crankcase

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

radial engine; rotary engine

Hypernyms ("radial engine" is a kind of...):

ICE; internal-combustion engine (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)