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Internal-combustion Engine

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Noun

1. 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

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Internal-combustion Engine

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noun
a heat engine in which heat is supplied by burning the fuel in the working fluid (usually air)

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Internal-combustion Engine

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an engine, as in an airplane, automobile, etc., that obtains its power from heat and pressure produced by the combustion of a fuel-and-air mixture inside a closed chamber or cylinder

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Internal-combustion Engine

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n.
An engine, such as an automotive gasoline piston engine or a diesel, in which fuel is burned within the engine proper rather than in an external furnace, as in a steam engine.

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