Definition of Gas engine

1. Noun. An internal-combustion engine similar to a gasoline engine but using natural gas instead of gasoline vapor.

Generic synonyms: Ice, Internal-combustion Engine

Medical Definition of Gas engine

1. A piston engine that uses gaseous fuel rather than gasoline. Fuel and air are mixed before they enter cylinders; ignition occurs with a spark. (05 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gas Engine

gas burner
gas cautery
gas chamber
gas chambers
gas chromatography
gas clathrate
gas clathrates
gas company
gas constant
gas constants
gas cooker
gas cylinder
gas cylinders
gas cyst
gas embolism
gas engine (current term)
gas fire
gas fires
gas fitter
gas fitting
gas fixture
gas furnace
gas gage
gas gangrene
gas gangrene antitoxin
gas gauge
gas gauges
gas generator
gas giant
gas giants

Literary usage of Gas engine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1910)
"gas engine Construction for Producer Gas Use. HF Smith. ... gas engine and Gas Producer. Perci- val Robert Moses, in The Isolated Plant. ..."

2. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1911)
"Shows that the power of a gas engine does not vary greatly with the quality of the fuel. ... Gas-Engine Cycles. A Regenerator Cycle for gas engines Using ..."

3. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1909)
"Gas-engine and producer installations for manufacturing plants. PR Moses. ... Thermodynamics in theory and practice: gas engine testing suggestions. Sei. ..."

4. The Gas and Oil Engine by Dugald Clerk (1907)
"IN this chapter the author will discuss the fuel consumption of the gas engine at present and the economy obtained since 1886 ; he will examine the various ..."

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