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GAS ENGINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An internal-combustion engine similar to a gasoline engine but using natural gas instead of gasoline vapor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("gas engine" is a kind of...):
ICE; internal-combustion engine (a heat engine in which combustion occurs inside the engine rather than in a separate furnace; heat expands a gas that either moves a piston or turns a gas turbine)