a piston engine driven by heated or compressed air.
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| 释义 | society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > other types of engine > [noun] > hot-air (8) air engine1740 a piston engine driven by heated or compressed air. Stirling (or Stirling's) engine1845 Stirling (or †Stirling's) cycle, the thermodynamic cycle on which an ideal Stirling engine would operate, consisting of an isothermal expansion… caloric-engine1854 the name given by Ericsson to his improved hot-air-engine. Carnot engine1937 Used attributively and in the possessive to designate thermodynamic concepts devised by Carnot or… an ideal heat engine; see Carnot cycle n. at… Subcategories:— cycle in (3) — principle of (1) |
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