piston engine
English
Noun
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
Hyponyms
- gas engine (usually hyponymous)
- steam engine (usually hyponymous)
- Stirling engine
Coordinate terms
Translations
engines having cylinders containing reciprocating pistons
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References
- “piston engine”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
piston engine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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