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EXTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A heat engine in which ignition occurs outside the chamber (cylinder or turbine) in which heat is converted to mechanical energy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("external-combustion engine" is a kind of...):
heat engine (any engine that makes use of heat to do work)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "external-combustion engine"):
steam engine (external-combustion engine in which heat is used to raise steam which either turns a turbine or forces a piston to move up and down in a cylinder)
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