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Internal combustion engine
Meaning
Noun
●
A
piston
or a
rotary
heat engine
directly
powered
by the products of
intermittent
combustion
of a fuel.
●
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.
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