internal combustion engine

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word internal combustion engine. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word internal combustion engine, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say internal combustion engine in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word internal combustion engine you have here. The definition of the word internal combustion engine will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofinternal combustion engine, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: internal-combustion engine

English

Noun

internal combustion engine (plural internal combustion engines)

  1. A piston or a rotary heat engine directly powered by the products of intermittent combustion of a fuel.
  2. 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.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

References

  1. ^

Further reading

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia