Definition of Internal combustion engine

1. Noun. A piston or a rotary heat engine directly powered by the products of intermittent combustion of a fuel. ¹

2. Noun. A heat engine in which intermittent or the continuous burning of a fuel takes place inside a combustion chamber; the resulting pressurized gas acts directly on the engine to do useful work, such as a piston engine, gas turbine, jet engine or rocket.[ ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Internal Combustion Engine

internal bias
internal branch of accessory nerve
internal branch of superior laryngeal nerve
internal canthus
internal capsule
internal capsule syndrome
internal carotid (nervous) plexus
internal carotid artery
internal carotid nerve
internal carotid venous plexus
internal cerebral vein
internal cerebral veins
internal collateral ligament of the wrist
internal combustion
internal combustion engine (current term)
internal conflict
internal control
internal conversion electron
internal decompression
internal diameter
internal drive
internal ear
internal energy
internal exile
internal fertilization
internal fistula
internal fixation

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