piston engine
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
piston engine (plural piston engines)
- Any of several types of engine having cylinders containing reciprocating pistons, in which a crankshaft is turned by pistons moving up and down within cylinders; many internal combustion engines and many steam engines have such a mechanism.
Synonyms[edit]
Hyponyms[edit]
- gas engine (usually hyponymous)
- steam engine (usually hyponymous)
- Stirling engine
Coordinate terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
engines having cylinders containing reciprocating pistons
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References[edit]
- “piston engine”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- piston engine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia