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EPITROCHOIDAL ENGINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A rotary engine that is a four-stroke internal-combustion engine without reciprocating parts
Synonyms:
epitrochoidal engine; Wankel engine; Wankel rotary engine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("epitrochoidal engine" is a kind of...):
rotary engine (an internal-combustion engine in which power is transmitted directly to rotating components)