internal combustion

English

Noun

internal combustion (uncountable)

1. The process where fuel is burned within an engine such as a diesel engine, producing power directly as opposed to externally such as in a steam engine.

Derived terms

• internal combustion engine

Translations

process where fuel is burned within an engine

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 內燃／内燃 (zh) (nèirán)

• Finnish: poltto (fi) (see polttomoottori)
• German: interne Verbrennung f
• Greek: εσωτερική καύση f (esoterikí káfsi)
• Romanian: combustie internă f, ardere internă f
• Russian: вну́треннее сгора́ние n (vnútrenneje sgoránije)
• Spanish: combustión interna f
• Tagalog: loob-liyab
• Volapük: nifilükam